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

The African American People is the first history of the African American people to take a global look at the role African Americans have played in the world. Au

“A truly funny sendup of the corrupt politics of academe, the publishing industry and politics, as well as a subtle but biting critique of racial ideology.”

There is a paradox about Africa: it remains a subject that attracts considerable attention yet rarely is there a full appreciation of its complexity. African hi

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