Among layers of dead fallen leaves and skinny, crooked trees lay piles of wilted flowers, an empty root beer bottle, rocks and small trinkets. A weathered sandstone marker rises from the varied stack ...

Edited by scholars Ibram X. Kendi and Keisha N. Blain and written by 90 authors, the anthology is a powerful look at 400 years of African America. Bay Correspondent The Tampa Bay Times e-Newspaper is ...