Description: Illuminating a vital but all-too-often neglected part of the nation's past, this is the first comprehensive visual history of its kind. The authors have assembled a remarkable collection of images from museums and archives from all over the country. Over 300 duotone photographs, journal entries, letters, and diaries.
Brief description: Hilary Mac Austin is a coeditor of The Face of Our Past: Images of Black Women from Colonial America to the Present and Children of the Depression. Along with Kathleen Thompson, they are founding members of the organization OneHistory, which is dedicated to making heard the many voices of American history.