About Neither Carpetbaggers nor Scalawags

Historian Richard Bailey puts a focus on the role that black elected officials played in the tumult of Reconstruction, but also paints a stark and vivid portrait of life in those troubled times after the gunfire ended and 'peace' began. In the back of the book, Bailey provides a list of the officeholders, giving their status prior to the Civil War, their age, what office they held, where they were from, and other data. Researchers will find this chart alone a vital and valuable tool.

About Neither Carpetbaggers nor Scalawags

Dr. Bailey is to be commended for this fine piece of historical research. It is not only factual but also well-written. Appendix A in the book lists the major black officeholders with such pertinent information as the county they represented, pre-war and post-war status, age, and other facts. Appendix B does the same thing for minor officeholders. Much can be made of this data alone.

About Neither Carpetbaggers nor Scalawags

Bailey chronicles the oft-misunderstood role that African American officeholders played in postwar Alabama. Historic photos punctuate the account, bringing more life to an already lively history.

About They Too Call Alabama Home

When one thinks of Alabama, there can be no forgetting about the heroic work conducted by African Americans in the fight for freedom and equality. Dr. Richard Bailey has given students, scholars, and the public a well-documented and carefully written work about the role of African Americans in the turbulent history of Alabama.

About They Too Call Alabama Home

This collection of profiles of over 300 African-Americans from Alabama is an enlightening work of history as well as a valuable reference source. It is enlightening in revealing the extraordinary impact of these African Americans on state, national, and world history. As a reference source, it provides convenient and easily readable sketches of many historically important figures whose stories are not always accessible. They Too Call Alabama Home builds on Dr. Bailey's earlier valuable work on nineteenth-century African American legislators in Alabama. It is a welcome addition to our historical literature.

About They Too Call Alabama Home

In short, this Historical work gives us a personality blueprint of how the migration of African Americans into and out of the state helped to make Alabama what it is today and what it promises to be tomorrow.