This first study of its kind follows an enslaved person's life through the lens of their monetary value, from University of Texas at Austin history professor Berry...
Writer and Johns Hopkins professor Jackson isn't the first to write a biography about crime novelist Chester Himes, but he aims to pen the definitive one, with exclusive interviews and full archival access at his disposal...
National Book Critics Circle finalist Tyson presents a new history of 14-year-old Emmett Till's 1955 lynching, drawing from sources such as the only interview given by the white woman Till was accused of whistling at and a murder trial transcript believed to be missing for 50 years...
Filmmaker Johnson returns to the story of her grandfather Booker Wright and his murder—the subject of her 2012 documentary, Booker's Place: A Mississippi Story...
Former Guardian columnist Marqusee investigates heavyweight champion Muhammad Ali's role as both sportsman and political figure during a decade of remarkable change...