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The Last Battle of the Civil War?

Tuesday, September 19, 2006

Nicholas Lemann, Dean of the Columbia School of Journalism and a New Yorker staff writer, exposes a campaign of political terrorism that took place on American soil nearly 150 years ago. In Redemption, he brings to life the battle white Southerners waged after the Civil War to keep blacks from voting.

Available for purchase at amazon.com


Events: Nicholas Lemann will be speaking to Eric Foner about his book
Tuesday, September 19 at 7:30 pm
The Altschul Auditorium
The School of Internatonal and Public Affairs, Columbia University
420 West 128th Street


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