Black American History: The Definitive Guide to 400 Years of Untold African American History - Softcover

King, Melvin

Softcover

ISBN 13: 9798241037237

Verlag: Independently published, 2025

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The Hidden Truth of Black History —Without the Whitewashing. Without the Excuses. Without Holding Back.

Four hundred years. One story. Told from the ground up.

Why does every Black history book start with slavery—like we were nothing before chains? Why are we handed the same five names, the same sugarcoated stories, the same lessons built for white classrooms instead of Black truth?

This book changes that.
Built from hundreds of firsthand accounts and historical records, it tells Black history in one unbroken narrative—from slavery to freedom, from Reconstruction to the present day. Expanded with new material that connects each turning point across four centuries.

This is a people’s history of Black America—a history from below.
It begins in the slave ships and follows the fight to live, work, and build under every system meant to hold Black Americans down.

Inside, you’ll uncover:

• The real story of Juneteenth—and what freedom actually looked like for the last enslaved Black Americans.
• Why “40 acres and a mule” was a lie from the start—and how Black families found ways to survive anyway.
• The rise of Black Wall Street—and the hidden forces behind its overnight destruction.
• The battles Black veterans faced after returning from war—when the uniform came off and the racism came back.
• How redlining and housing policy crushed Black opportunity—and made poverty generational.
• Why the prison system exploded after civil rights—and why that was no accident.

This isn’t just about the past.
It’s about how we got here—and why it still matters.

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Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: Independently published
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2025
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 13: 9798241037237
• Einband: Taschenbuch
• Anzahl der Seiten: 342
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