Russell L. Riley holds a Ph.D. in American government from the University of Virginia, and has taught on the faculties of Georgetown University and the University of Pennsylvania. He is currently program director for the Salzburg Seminar in American Studies, Salzburg, Austria.

• Introduction Part One: Abolition Chapter 1. The Origins and Politics of Abolition Chapter 2. A Thirty Years "War": The Presidency and the Abolitionists Chapter 3. The Making of a Great Emancipator Part Two: Civil Rights Chapter 4. From Reconstruction to the Great Depression: Latency Years Chapter 5. The Rise of Black Political Power: Roosevelt and Truman Chapter 6. Race Returns to Center Stage: The Eisenhower Years Chapter 7. Emancipation Act II: Pressures and Conversion 1961--1965 Chapter 8. The Presidency Leadership, and Racial Equality: An Overview

Russell L. Riley holds a Ph.D. in American government from the University of Virginia, and has taught on the faculties of Georgetown University and the University of Pennsylvania. He is currently program director for the Salzburg Seminar in American Studies, Salzburg, Austria.

• Introduction Part One: Abolition Chapter 1. The Origins and Politics of Abolition Chapter 2. A Thirty Years "War": The Presidency and the Abolitionists Chapter 3. The Making of a Great Emancipator Part Two: Civil Rights Chapter 4. From Reconstruction to the Great Depression: Latency Years Chapter 5. The Rise of Black Political Power: Roosevelt and Truman Chapter 6. Race Returns to Center Stage: The Eisenhower Years Chapter 7. Emancipation Act II: Pressures and Conversion 1961--1965 Chapter 8. The Presidency Leadership, and Racial Equality: An Overview

Russell L. Riley holds a Ph.D. in American government from the University of Virginia, and has taught on the faculties of Georgetown University and the University of Pennsylvania. He is currently program director for the Salzburg Seminar in American Studies, Salzburg, Austria.

• Introduction Part One: Abolition Chapter 1. The Origins and Politics of Abolition Chapter 2. A Thirty Years "War": The Presidency and the Abolitionists Chapter 3. The Making of a Great Emancipator Part Two: Civil Rights Chapter 4. From Reconstruction to the Great Depression: Latency Years Chapter 5. The Rise of Black Political Power: Roosevelt and Truman Chapter 6. Race Returns to Center Stage: The Eisenhower Years Chapter 7. Emancipation Act II: Pressures and Conversion 1961--1965 Chapter 8. The Presidency Leadership, and Racial Equality: An Overview