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The Death of Reconstruction

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Brian K. Mitchell, Director of Research and Interpretation, Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum

The Death of Reconstruction

Dr. Brian K. Mitchell is the director of research and interpretation for the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum. The author of numerous books and papers, his most recent book, Monumental: Oscar Dunn and his Radical Fight in Reconstruction Louisiana (2021), is the winner of several prestigious awards including the Phillis Wheatley Book Award and The American Association of State and Local History’s Excellence Award. He was a finalist for the Organization of American Historians’ Best Civil War and Reconstruction Book Award.