UNC Press is set to release six major titles in African American history and urban studies over the summer. With the release ...

The power of the guide, says Ramsey, also the author of a children’s book and a play focused ... in the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture.) ...

Set in Lorain, Ohio — where Morrison herself was born — the book tells the story of Pecola Breedlove, an eleven-year-old African American girl who is convinced that she is ugly, and yearns to ...

These drillers were some of the few African American workers on the construction site. In 1933, there were only 24 African Americans in a work force of 4,000 men. Bureau of Reclamation.