Chronicles the lives of Africans as slaves in America through the eve of the Civil War.

An introduction to the complex relationship between African Americans and the African continent What is an “African American” and how does this identity rel

In 2000, the United States census allowed respondents for the first time to tick a box marked “African American” in the race category. The new option marked

A thorough account of Africa’s history and its lasting influence on Western culture told from the perspective of the disparate descendants who inherited its l

African American Lives offers up-to-date, authoritative biographies of some 600 noteworthy African Americans. These 1,000-3,000 word biographies, selected from