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Drago, Edmund Leon was born on October 16, 1942 in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Son of Rosario Charles and Margaret Drago.
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Black Politicians and Reconstruction in Georgia: A Splendid Failure (Brown Thrasher Books) by Edmund L. Drago (1992-10-01)
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{ BLACK POLITICIANS AND RECONSTRUCTION IN GEORGIA: A SPLENDID FAILURE } by Drago, Edmund L (AUTHOR) Oct-01-1992 Paperback
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Black Politicians and Reconstruction in Georgia: A Splendid Failure (Brown Thrasher Books Ser.)
( This widely hailed study examines the reasons behind th...)
This widely hailed study examines the reasons behind the quick demise of Radical Reconstruction in Georgia. Edmund L. Drago shows that a primary factor was, ironically, the extraordinary fairness on the part of the state's black leaders in dealing with their former masters. Lacking the sizable and experienced antebellum free-black class that existed in such states as South Carolina and Louisiana, Georgia's former slaves turned to their ministers for political leadership. Otherworldly and fatalistic, the ministers preached a message in which all people, even slaveholders, were deserving of God's mercy. Translated into politics, this message quickly and predictably brought disaster. Shortly after the black delegation to the state constitutional convention of 1867-1868 refused to support a provision guaranteeing blacks the right to hold office, blacks were expelled from the state legislature. Only then did the minister-politicians realize that they would have to become more militant and black-oriented if they were to challenge white supremacy. Propelled by this newfound toughness, they were soon able to achieve a limited success by bringing about the Second Reconstruction of Georgia. In the preface to this new edition, Drago surveys recent writing on Reconstruction and, drawing upon his own research on black leadership in South Carolina, compares experiences in that state to those in Georgia. It is time, he says, to give greater consideration to the role black women played in shaping politics and to the emergence of a black conservative political tradition. He also suggests that revisionists, in reacting to the racism in traditional histories, have sometimes glossed over issues of corruption and the black politician.
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Edmund Leon Drago
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Edmund Leon Drago, American History educator. National Endowment for Humanities fellow, 1981; Fulbright scholar, 1994. Captain United States Army, 1969-1972, Vietnam. Member American Association of University Professors, American History Association, Southern History Association, Organisation American Historians.
Education
Bachelor, Santa Clara U., 1964; Master of Arts, University of California, Berkeley, 1966; Doctor of Philosophy, University of California, Berkeley, 1975.
Career
Professor of history, College Charleston, South Carolina., since 1975. Advisory board South Carolina. History Records, since 1991.
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Black Politicians and Reconstruction in Georgia: A Splendid Failure (Brown Thrasher Books Ser.)
( This widely hailed study examines the reasons behind th...)
- Black Politicians and Reconstruction in Georgia: A Splendid Failure (Brown Thrasher Books) by Edmund L. Drago (1992-10-01)
- { BLACK POLITICIANS AND RECONSTRUCTION IN GEORGIA: A SPLENDID FAILURE } by Drago, Edmund L (AUTHOR) Oct-01-1992 Paperback
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Black Politicians and Reconstruction in Georgia: A Splendid Failure (Brown Thrasher Books Ser.)
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Captain United States Army, 1969-1972, Vietnam. Member American Association of University Professors, American History Association, Southern History Association, Organisation American Historians.
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Married Cheyle Choi, December 20, 1970.
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