Separate

"Dazzlingly well-reported.... [A]n eye-opening journey through some of the darkest passages and haunting corridors of American history." -- Terence Samuel - NPR
"Deeply researched, and it wears its learning lightly." -- Louis Menand - The New Yorker
"A striking view of Reconstruction and of the tragic stillbirth of freedom in that era." -- Charles S. Dameron - Wall Street Journal
"Separate vividly tells the story of how far our country had to go to repudiate its commitments to a racial double standard." -- David Cole - The Nation
"Luxenberg gives a three-dimensional and almost novelistic treatment to the players involved, drawing on diaries, letters and archival research." -- Joumana Khatib - The New York Times
"In Separate, the context and aftermath of the court's ruling in Plessy v. Ferguson are woven into a nuanced history of America's struggles in the 19th century as a civil war was fought, slavery ended and a new, complex racial politics haltingly took form." -- The Economist
"Informative, engaging, exquisitely written, sensitive to individuals' frailties, flaws, and inconsistencies, by turns inspiring and dispiriting, Separate is a splendid work of history." -- Glenn C. Altschuler - Florida Courier
"In documenting this country's fateful journey from slavery through thwarted Reconstruction to segregation, Luxenberg paints on a broad canvas, elegantly narrating several captivating and scrupulously researched stories that converge in Plessy v. Ferguson.... [F]ascinating." -- Steve Nathans-Kelly - New York Journal of Books
"[Luxenberg] is a fine writer... Separate reminds us that our history is not simply a narrative of greater and greater freedom." -- Eric Foner - The Washington Post
"An ambitious and deeply researched nonfiction account.... [Luxenberg] draws on letters, diaries and archival collections to bring the true story to life." -- Suzanne Van Atten - Atlanta Journal-Constitution