In the 1920s, Henry Ford hired thousands of African American men for his open-shop system of auto manufacturing. This move was a rejection of the notion that be

In the Jim Crow era, along with black churches, schools, and newspapers, African Americans also had their own history. Making Black History focuses on the engin

A leading historian offers a sweeping new account of the African American experience over four centuries Four great migrations defined the history of black peop

An illustrated chronicle of the migrations--forced and voluntary--into, out of, and within the United States that have created the current black population.