6PART II — RECONSTRUCTION AND POSSIBILITY
1913. Returning to Education and Leadership
74. A Country Rewritten
2014. A Life Lived Between Eras
85. Mississippi and the New Politics
21PART VI — THE MEANING OF REVELS
96. The Election of Hiram Revels
2215. The First, But Not the Last
10PART III — A SENATOR IN A FRAGILE WORLD
2316. Reconstruction as an Unfinished Project
117. The Debate Over His Right to Serve
2417. The America That Almost Was
128. A Moderate in a Radical Moment
25Epilogue: A Seat Remembered, A Story Forgotten
139. What He Chose Not to Do