Jeffery A. Jenkins is the Provost Professor of Public Policy, Political Science, and Law, the Judith and John Bedrosian Chair of Governance and the Public Enterprise, director of the Bedrosian Center, and director of the Political Institutions and Political Economy Collaborative at University of Southern California. Justin Peck is assistant professor of government at Wesleyan University.

"Congress and the First Civil Rights Era, 1861–1918 is a detailed history of congressional developments during the era of Reconstruction, one of the most significant civil rights periods of U.S. history...The book provides no less than awe inspiring detail about proposals, bills, sponsors, debates, votes, and ever-shifting party alliances and disputes...Congress and the First Civil Rights Era is ideal for historians with the desire for an in-depth look at what happened step by step in Congress during Reconstruction."

Jeffery A. Jenkins is the Provost Professor of Public Policy, Political Science, and Law, the Judith and John Bedrosian Chair of Governance and the Public Enterprise, director of the Bedrosian Center, and director of the Political Institutions and Political Economy Collaborative at University of Southern California. Justin Peck is assistant professor of government at Wesleyan University.

"Congress and the First Civil Rights Era, 1861–1918 is a detailed history of congressional developments during the era of Reconstruction, one of the most significant civil rights periods of U.S. history...The book provides no less than awe inspiring detail about proposals, bills, sponsors, debates, votes, and ever-shifting party alliances and disputes...Congress and the First Civil Rights Era is ideal for historians with the desire for an in-depth look at what happened step by step in Congress during Reconstruction."