“Candid and consistently engaging, Dent's work contributes to a better understanding of the role of race in American life.” —Publishers Weekly This landma

From the first African explorers to the first black president, this illustrated history is an excellent resource and “an epic work” (School Library Journal)

An incisive collection of essays that reveals the past, present, and future strength of black America as the best hope for a nation that has lost faith in itsel

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More than 150 years after the end of the Civil War, scores of websites, articles, and organizations repeat claims that anywhere between 500 and 100,000 free and