to 1964

Relates the struggles and achievements of the 369th Infantry Regiment, the first African-American unit to fight in World War I--alongside the French--covering their extensive time in the trenches while racial violence, segregation, and lynchings continued in the U.S.

The author maintains that the American educational system is designed to conform to the needs of white people and, as such, has been responsible for fostering attitudes of subservience and shame in African-Americans.

Explores how African Americans, in the six decades following slavery, transformed themselves into a political people and became central figures in the great events of disunion, emancipation, and nation-building.

Tells the story of the 369th Infantry, an African American regiment that risked their lives for the country they loved during World War I and emerged triumphant, in spite of the bigots and racists who did everything possible to make them fail.

Contains essays on life in Harlem, the protest novel, movies, and Americans abroad.

In the course of his wanderings from a Southern college to New York's Harlem, an African-American man becomes involved in a series of adventures.

Examines the plight of pre-Civil War African-Americans who were freemen, and describes the laws and restrictions placed upon them in the mid-seventeenth century and the roles they played in American society.