Black AF History: The Un-Whitewashed Story of America
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Michael Harriot is a renowned columnist, political commentator and author of a hilarious and intelligent retelling American history. This retelling corrects the records and highlights the perspectives and experiences Black Americans.
The mythology of America's past is embedded in our collective memory. The story is of the Mayflower pilgrims who built a nation. George Washington's cherry trees and Abraham Lincoln’s log cabin are featured. The fantastic story of slaves who spontaneously teleported here with only strong backs, negro-spirituals and their own strength is told. This is a sweetened legend based on a true story.
No one should be surprised that the dominant narrative in American history is riddled with mistakes and oversights. After all, the history books were written primarily by white men who put their perspective at the forefront. One could say that devaluing and erasing the Black experience was as American as apple pies.
Michael Harriot's Black AF History presents a more accurate view of American history. Harriot, who combines unapologetically provocative stories with meticulous research using primary sources and the work of Black historians, journalists, and scholars, removes the white-sugarcoating that has been applied to the American story by placing Black people at its center. Harriot's incisive humor exposes the truth about oppressive power and subverts conventional historical narratives by presenting little-known experiences of Black Americans. This long-overdue corrective offers a look at our past as necessary as it is urgent. From the African Americans that arrived before 1619, to the bandit without slavery who inspired America's very first police force. We have been refusing to accept that Americanhistory was white history for far too long. This one. This is a black history.
Michael Harriot is a renowned columnist, political commentator and author of a hilarious and intelligent retelling American history. This retelling corrects the records and highlights the perspectives and experiences Black Americans.
The mythology of America's past is embedded in our collective memory. The story is of the Mayflower pilgrims who built a nation. George Washington's cherry trees and Abraham Lincoln’s log cabin are featured. The fantastic story of slaves who spontaneously teleported here with only strong backs, negro-spirituals and their own strength is told. This is a sweetened legend based on a true story.
No one should be surprised that the dominant narrative in American history is riddled with mistakes and oversights. After all, the history books were written primarily by white men who put their perspective at the forefront. One could say that devaluing and erasing the Black experience was as American as apple pies.
Michael Harriot's Black AF History presents a more accurate view of American history. Harriot, who combines unapologetically provocative stories with meticulous research using primary sources and the work of Black historians, journalists, and scholars, removes the white-sugarcoating that has been applied to the American story by placing Black people at its center. Harriot's incisive humor exposes the truth about oppressive power and subverts conventional historical narratives by presenting little-known experiences of Black Americans. This long-overdue corrective offers a look at our past as necessary as it is urgent. From the African Americans that arrived before 1619, to the bandit without slavery who inspired America's very first police force. We have been refusing to accept that Americanhistory was white history for far too long. This one. This is a black history.
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Black AF History: The Un-Whitewashed Story of America
Michael Harriot is a renowned columnist, political commentator and author of a hilarious and intelligent retelling American history. This retelling corrects the records and highlights the perspectives and experiences Black Americans.
The mythology of America's past is embedded in our collective memory. The story is of the Mayflower pilgrims who built a nation. George Washington's cherry trees and Abraham Lincoln’s log cabin are featured. The fantastic story of slaves who spontaneously teleported here with only strong backs, negro-spirituals and their own strength is told. This is a sweetened legend based on a true story.
No one should be surprised that the dominant narrative in American history is riddled with mistakes and oversights. After all, the history books were written primarily by white men who put their perspective at the forefront. One could say that devaluing and erasing the Black experience was as American as apple pies.
Michael Harriot's Black AF History presents a more accurate view of American history. Harriot, who combines unapologetically provocative stories with meticulous research using primary sources and the work of Black historians, journalists, and scholars, removes the white-sugarcoating that has been applied to the American story by placing Black people at its center. Harriot's incisive humor exposes the truth about oppressive power and subverts conventional historical narratives by presenting little-known experiences of Black Americans. This long-overdue corrective offers a look at our past as necessary as it is urgent. From the African Americans that arrived before 1619, to the bandit without slavery who inspired America's very first police force. We have been refusing to accept that Americanhistory was white history for far too long. This one. This is a black history.
Michael Harriot is a renowned columnist, political commentator and author of a hilarious and intelligent retelling American history. This retelling corrects the records and highlights the perspectives and experiences Black Americans.
The mythology of America's past is embedded in our collective memory. The story is of the Mayflower pilgrims who built a nation. George Washington's cherry trees and Abraham Lincoln’s log cabin are featured. The fantastic story of slaves who spontaneously teleported here with only strong backs, negro-spirituals and their own strength is told. This is a sweetened legend based on a true story.
No one should be surprised that the dominant narrative in American history is riddled with mistakes and oversights. After all, the history books were written primarily by white men who put their perspective at the forefront. One could say that devaluing and erasing the Black experience was as American as apple pies.
Michael Harriot's Black AF History presents a more accurate view of American history. Harriot, who combines unapologetically provocative stories with meticulous research using primary sources and the work of Black historians, journalists, and scholars, removes the white-sugarcoating that has been applied to the American story by placing Black people at its center. Harriot's incisive humor exposes the truth about oppressive power and subverts conventional historical narratives by presenting little-known experiences of Black Americans. This long-overdue corrective offers a look at our past as necessary as it is urgent. From the African Americans that arrived before 1619, to the bandit without slavery who inspired America's very first police force. We have been refusing to accept that Americanhistory was white history for far too long. This one. This is a black history.