A nation under our feet / Hahn, Steven

Emphasizing the role of kinship, labor, and networks in the African American community, the author retraces six generations of black struggles since the end of the Civil War, revealing a "nation" under construction.

Explores how African Americans, in the six decades following slavery, transformed themselves into a political people and became central figures in the great events of disunion, emancipation, and nation-building.