Spotlight Core Collection New and Innovative Black History
by Donna Seaman These superbly written and passionately researched books are part of a rising tide of groundbreaking and clarifying works of Black history that includes dynamic collaborations, family chronicles, history in verse, deep investigations, quests and travelogues, and biographies and memoirs, with an emphasis on women’s stories.
The 1619 Project: A New Origin Story. By Nikole Hannah-Jones. Ed. by The New York Times Magazine. 2021. One World, $38 (9780593230572).
Hannah-Jones and company take a fresh and bracing approach to African American history in this mighty collection of historical photographs, essays, poems, and stories by such writers as Claudia Rankine, Jesmyn Ward, and many more.
All That She Carried: The Journey of Ashley’s Sack, a Black Family Keepsake. By Tiya Miles. 2021.…