The Black Family Who Built America The McKissacks, Two Centuries of Daring Pioneers | Cheryl McKissack Daniel + Nick Chiles Asian American Literary Criticism calling on us to interrogate

calling on us to interrogate our conceptions of innocence and freedom and the stories we tell ourselves about our past and present

a Black man who tried to establish a Black state within the United States

Anna Malaika Tubbs applies her signature blend of approachable yet rigorous analysis in this definitive and groundbreaking history of American patriarchy

is eventually trusted to lead his boss’s new farming venture

The Black Family Who Built America The McKissacks, Two Centuries of Daring Pioneers | Cheryl McKissack Daniel + Nick Chiles Asian American Literary Criticism calling on us to interrogateThe riveting story of the McKissack familythe founders of the leading Black design and construction firm in the United States, from its beginnings in the mid 1800s to its thriving status todayin a moving celebration of resilience and innovation. Captured in his native West Africa and enslaved on American shores by a North Carolina plantation owner, Moses McKissack I began to build his way to emancipation right from the start. Becoming an enslaved