Black AF History: The Un-Whitewashed Story of America

by Michael Harriot

Book Overview

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...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0358439167
• ISBN13: 9780358439165
• Release Date: September 2023
• Publisher: Dey Street Books
• Length: 432 Pages
• Weight: 1.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.6" x 6.0" x 9.1"

Customer Reviews

A MUST READ History book!

I have read many revisionist history books that inform the reader what they WERE NOT taught in school textbooks, but this is among the best. Michael Harriot blends his own personal and family experiences and uses them to introduce various parts of black history, that most anyone (who actually wants to learn about black history) will find fascinating! In fact, the reader will find out that even using the term "black history" is unnecessary if it weren't for the white-washing of history by the white folks who have historically written the school books reporting only one side of history or just outright fabricating it. This book IS history; don't need to add the black part. Stretching from the first people's on this continent that came to be named "america," after it was stolen from the original occupants (by white people), clear up to the disaster of trump, the author manages to give many sad and angering history lessons, while still infusing humor and using language that make it as fun as can be, to learn the sad events that make up this imperialist, plutocratic, settler- colonialist country's history. And as a white guy, I learned a bit about black culture as well. Highly recommended!!!