The Invisible Empire. Part I, A New, Illustrated, and Enlarged Edition of "A Fool's Errand" ... Life in the South Since the War. Part II, "A Concise Review of Recent Events"
The Invisible Empire. Part I, A New, Illustrated, and Enlarged Edition of "A Fool's Errand" ... Life in the South Since the War. Part II, "A Concise Review of Recent Events"
Albion W Tourgee
New York : Fords, Howard & Hulbert, 1880
[United States Race Relations: Reconstruction : KKK] Two parts complete in one volume. Bound in publisher's brown cloth. Hardcover. Good binding and cover. Clean, unmarked pages. Minor shelf wear. 521 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm. Wright III, 5520.
Tourgee was one of the best known advocates for the rights of Freedmen and Colored Americans in the 1870s-1880s. He founded the National Citizens' Rights Association, served in the Civil War for the Union, and legally challenge the principle of separate but equal. He was Homer Plessy's lead attorney in the landmark case. He is cited as the originator of the term, "Color Blind." This book, first titled the Fool's Errand, describes Tourgee's experiences of terror instilled by the rise of the Klu Klux Klan.