Rees, Bob

Beginning in Africa in 1600, tells the history of the capture and enslavement of Africans and their lives and achievements in the Americas, with concise biographies of Mansa Kankan Musa, Olaudah Equiano, Toussaint L'Ouverture, Soujourner Truth, W.E.B. DuBois, Harriet Tubman, and many more.

Photographs and text provide brief descriptions of the various landing sites troops used on D-Day.

Looks at the American Civil War, focusing on the path to war, what it was like to live through this conflict, and how it affected people on both sides.