Autobiography of a People

Autobiography of a People is an insightfully assembled anthology of eyewitness accounts that traces the history of the African American experience. From the Middle Passage to the Million Man March, editor Herb Boyd has culled a diverse range of voices, both famous and ordinary, to creat a unique and compelling historical portrait: Benjamin Banneker on Thomas Jefferson

Old Elizabeth on spreading the Word

Frederick Douglass on life in the North

W.E.B. Du Bois on the Talented Tenth

Matthew Henson on reaching the North Pole

Harriot Jacobs on running away

James Cameron on escaping a mob lyniching

Alvin Ailey on the world of dance

Langston Hughes on the Harlem Renaissance

Curtis Morriw on the Korean War

Max ROach on "jazz" as a four-letter word

LL Cool J on rap

Mary Church Terrell on the Chicago World's Fair

Rev. Bernice King on the future of Black America And many others.