The Black Family Who Built America The McKissacks, Two Centuries of Daring Pioneers | Cheryl McKissack Daniel + Nick Chiles Asian American Literary Criticism Anna Malaika Tubbs applies her

Anna Malaika Tubbs applies her signature blend of approachable yet rigorous analysis in this definitive and groundbreaking history of American patriarchy

critically-acclaimed author of Lakewood and The Women Could Fly

and what it costs

a grandfather

calling on us to interrogate our conceptions of innocence and freedom and the stories we tell ourselves about our past and present

The Black Family Who Built America The McKissacks, Two Centuries of Daring Pioneers | Cheryl McKissack Daniel + Nick Chiles Asian American Literary Criticism Anna Malaika Tubbs applies herThe riveting story of the McKissack familythe founders of the leading Black design and construction firm in the United States, from its beginnings in the mid 1800s to its thriving status todayin a moving celebration of resilience and innovation. Captured in his native West Africa and enslaved on American shores by a North Carolina plantation owner, Moses McKissack I began to build his way to emancipation right from the start. Becoming an enslaved