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Black AF History: The Un-Whitewashed Story of America

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Deep dive research, unsparing and entertaining, told with a piercing humor and direct delivery, Michael Harriot, author and social critic, writer for The Root and The Grio and host of the Drapetomaniax: Unshackled History podcast, is here to tell you what is missing from our American "history" books. Turns out quite a bit, and the omissions are not accidental. A truth-to-power book--think Dick Gregory meets Nikole Hannah-Jones--that proves how much more riveting history class should have been. Pay close attention; there are sidebars and quizzes throughout!

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * NAACP IMAGE AWARD NOMINEE * AMAZON'S TOP 20 HISTORY BOOKS OF 2023 * B&N BEST OF EDUCATIONAL HISTORY * THE ROOT'S BEST BOOKS OF 2023 * CHICAGO PUBLIC LIBRARY FAVORITE BOOKS OF 2023

From acclaimed columnist and political commentator Michael Harriot, a searingly smart and bitingly hilarious retelling of American history that corrects the record and showcases the perspectives and experiences of Black Americans.

America’s backstory is a whitewashed mythology implanted i...