For decades one of America’s most recognizable stars, the real Sammy Davis, Jr. has long re...

Thurgood Marshall brought down the separate-but-equal doctrine, integrated schools, and not only ...

This mesmerizing companion book to the award-winning film, The Butler traces the Civil Rights Mov...

Against the backdrop of one of the most tumultuous periods in recent American history, as riots a...

Wil Haygood's memoir of his hometown of Columbus, Ohio, is an uplifting and unsparing celebration...

White House butler across eight administrations Eugene Allen is the subject of this biography fro...

Winner of the James A. Porter and David C. Driskell Book Award for African American Art Histor...

Before Barack Obama, Colin Powell, and Martin Luther King, Jr., there was Adam Clayton Powell, Jr...

Originally published: New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2009.

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