The burden : African Americans and the enduring impact of slavery / Rochelle Riley [editor] ; with a foreword by Nikole Hannah-Jones ; featuring essayists Mark Auslander [and 22 others].

This book is a plea to America to understand what life post-slavery remains like for many African Americans, who are descended from people whose unpaid labor built this land, but have had to spend the last century and a half carrying the dual burden of fighting racial injustice and rising above the...

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Other Authors:	Riley, Rochelle (Editor)
Language:	English
Published:	Detroit, Michigan : Wayne State University Press, [2018]
Subjects:	African Americans > Social conditions. Slavery > United States > History.
Physical Description:	xiv, 178 pages : illustration ; 22 cm
Format:	Book