Dark Sky Rising

*"Lyrical...Brings depth to history."-School Library Journal, starred review"Beautifully conceived and written. Dark Sky Rising: Reconstruction and the Dawn of Jim Crow is the right book at the right time. It's beyond necessary."-Holly Goldberg Sloan, New York Times bestselling author, Counting by 7s"Brilliant and more necessary now than ever before. This is a book that should be on every beside table and in every classroom in America. It's a history that belongs to all of us. In Gates's and Bolden's hands, it is a deeply comprehensive, beautifully illustrated, and moving narrative of survival."-Jacqueline Woodson, National Ambassador for Young People's Literature, National Book Award Winner for Brown Girl DreamingPraise for Henry Louis Gates, Jr. Emmy Award Winner for Outstanding Historical Program -- Long Form, for The African Americans: Many Rivers to CrossPeabody Award Winner for The African Americans: Many Rivers to CrossFeatured among Time magazine's "25 Most Influential Americans"Included in Ebony magazine's "100 Most Influential Black Americans"Named a MacArthur FellowWinner of four NAACP Image AwardsSelected as a National Humanities medalistElected to the American Academy of Arts & LettersChosen as the National Endowment for the Humanities Jefferson LecturerInducted into the Sons of the American Revolution