- Prologue. “Five Score Years Ago”
- Civil War and Civil Rights
- 1. “Gods and Devils Aplenty”: Robert Penn Warren
- 2. A Formula for Enjoying the War: Bruce Catton
- 3. “Lincoln and Lee and All That”: Edmund Wilson
- 4. “This Country Is My Subject”: James Baldwin
- Epilogue. “The Wisdom of Tragedy”: Ralph Ellison Had a Dream
- Notes
- Acknowledgments
- Index


American Oracle
The Civil War in the Civil Rights Era
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$23.00 • £20.95 • €20.95
ISBN 9780674725973
Publication Date: 10/07/2013