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They began the serious study of the era, and blamed the failures of the era on the [[corruption]] of [[Carpetbaggers]] who misled the Freedmen. | They began the serious study of the era, and blamed the failures of the era on the [[corruption]] of [[Carpetbaggers]] who misled the Freedmen. | ||
| − | The [[Civil Rights Movement]] of the 1960s brought in a new perspective called "[[Neo-Abolistionist|Neo- | + | The [[Civil Rights Movement]] of the 1960s brought in a new perspective called "[[Neo-Abolistionist|Neo-Abolitionism]]". It used the same facts but stressed the agency of the [[African American|blacks]] and downplayed corruption. Some of the new [[liberal]] historians ridiculed the biases of the Dunning School without realizing that their own biases were even stronger. |
==See also== | ==See also== | ||
Revision as of 00:59, July 8, 2021
The Dunning School was an informal group of American historians at Columbia University who studied the South during Reconstruction. Historian William Dunning directed many of the Ph.D. dissertations and wrote monographs and a survey.
They began the serious study of the era, and blamed the failures of the era on the corruption of Carpetbaggers who misled the Freedmen.
The Civil Rights Movement of the 1960s brought in a new perspective called "Neo-Abolitionism". It used the same facts but stressed the agency of the blacks and downplayed corruption. Some of the new liberal historians ridiculed the biases of the Dunning School without realizing that their own biases were even stronger.
