Chronicles five hundred years of African-American history from the origins of slavery on the African continent through Barack Obama's second presidential term,

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

Examines the continued emotional, economic, and cultural enslavement of African Americans in the twenty-first century.

Blending a vivid narrative with more than 150 images of artwork, Painter offers a history--from before slavery to today's hip-hop culture--written for a new gen

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