Black AF History

From beloved columnist Michael Harriot comes a comprehensive and bitingly hilarious appraisal of American history,in which the dominant narrative is directly confronted and corrected to showcase the perspectives and experiences of Black Americans. It should come as no surprise that the dominant narrative of American history is blighted with errors and oversights–after allhistory books were written with the perspective of white men at the forefront. It could even be said that the historical devaluation and elimination of the experiences of Black people is as American as apple pie. Or rioting after football games. Or calling the cops on Black Americans for walking around their own neighborhoodsor listening to musicor bird-watchingor any other normal everyday activity. In Black AF HistoryMichael Harriot challenges this narrativepresenting more than thirty little-known stories about the experiences of Black Americansfrom the Tulsa Race Massacre to the history of policing. With sharpincisive witHarriot speaks hilarious truth to oppressive powerproviding readers with a singular look at our shared history that is as comprehensive as it is utterly necessary.