Jim Clyburn: Black Pioneers Who Shaped America After the Civil War

South Carolina Democrat Jim Clyburn—only the ninth Black man to represent his state in the U.S. House—writes about the eight men who came before him. In his new book, *The First Eight*, Clyburn details how these representatives helped steer the nation during and after Reconstruction. Their work, he argues, directed the course of American history in a critical era.