In this outstanding cultural biography, the author of the New York Times bestseller A Slave in the White House chronicles a critical yet overlooked chapter in A

Why has the large income gap between blacks and whites persisted for decades after the passage of civil rights legislation? More specifically, why do African Am

Traces the personalities and the policies of two generations of leaders in one of the largest and most influential free black communities in antebellum America.

Originally published: Glencoe, Ill.: Free Press, [1957].