Episode 149: Diverse Voices Book Review - Reconstruction, Frederick Douglass, and the Impeachment of Andrew Johnson
My guest is Robert S. Levine, author of THE FAILED PROMISE: Reconstruction, Frederick Douglass, and the Impeachment of Andrew Johnson. In the book he provides an absorbing account of the struggle between the great orator Frederick Douglass and President Andrew Johnson after their views diverged on Reconstruction. When Andrew Johnson assumed the presidency after Abraham Lincoln’s assassination, the country was on the precipice of radical change. Johnson, seemingly more progressive than Lincoln, looked like the ideal person to lead the country. Despite this early promise, Frederick Douglass…
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