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

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

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.

Now a TV series on FOX starring Morris Chestnut, Yaya DaCosta, Nadine Ellis, and Joe Morton. "Fascinating. . . . [Graham] has made a major contribution both to