Excluded from history books, overlooked in classrooms and neglected by the media, African Americans have long been denied an accurate picture of their contribut

Published in collaboration with the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, discover over fifty remarkable African American women w

With this, award-winning author Jessie Carney Smith both introduces and begins to explain the significance of the more than 3,000 individuals and events covered

Presents capsule accounts of notable first achievements by African Americans, arranged in the categories "Agriculture and Everyday Life, " "Dentistry and Nursin

"Sundiata Keita Cha-Jua traces Brooklyn's transformation from a freedom village into a residential commuter satellite that supplied cheap labor to the city and