In the 1920s, Henry Ford hired thousands of African American men for his open-shop system of auto manufacturing. This move was a rejection of the notion that be

Ira Berlin traces the history of African-American slavery in the United States from its beginnings in the seventeenth century to its fiery demise nearly three h

An illustrated chronicle of the migrations--forced and voluntary--into, out of, and within the United States that have created the current black population.

A leading historian offers a sweeping new account of the African American experience over four centuries Four great migrations defined the history of black peop