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Philip Dray

historian

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Philip Dray is the author of At the Hands of Persons Unknown: The Lynching of Black America. He examines the perpetrators, the groups and individuals who took a stand against lynching and the legacy it left behind. Dray researched his book at the Tuskegee Institute, where records about lynchings have been kept since 1882. [more]

Capitol Men: The First Black Congressmen

February 24, 2009

Philip Dray tells the the epic story of America's reconstruction through the lives of the first black congressmen.

Stealing God's Thunder: Benjamin Franklin's Lightning Rod

January 17, 2006

Philip Dray uses the story of Franklin's wild experiments and his battles with his vehement detractors as a metaphor for America's struggle for democracy and the establishment of our fundamental democratic values.

Capitol Men: The Epic Story of Reconstruction Through the Lives of the First BlackCongressmen

Author: Philip Dray

Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt (2008)

Binding: Hardcover, 480 pages

At the Hands of Persons Unknown: The Lynching of Black America (Modern Library Paperbacks)

Author: Philip Dray

Publisher: Modern Library (2003)

Binding: Paperback, 544 pages

Stealing God's Thunder: Benjamin Franklin's Lightning Rod and the Invention of America

Author: Philip Dray

Publisher: Random House Trade Paperbacks (2005)

Binding: Paperback, 304 pages

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