Facing the Truth of History

This book is a massive compendium of historical data on people of African descent in the United States. This area of our history is among the least known and understood. Like a ball of tangled thread, it must be painstakingly unraveled. Pursuing these twists, meanings, and motives is the key to an understanding of our tragic racial divisions. Social remedy requires knowledge and a grasp of the body politic both past and present.

At the outset, in their Preface, the editors acknowledge ...