Copy from Edelweiss for review consideration"For a country that has been shaped by race， we do young people a disservice when we allow them to go through their K-12 years without a Black history course because we are afraid to confront the brutal realities of race in America。"As the author asserts in the early parts of this book， this is not a Black history on white people's terms。 This book should not only be on high school and post-secondary curricula as widely as possible， and in libraries an Copy from Edelweiss for review consideration"For a country that has been shaped by race， we do young people a disservice when we allow them to go through their K-12 years without a Black history course because we are afraid to confront the brutal realities of race in America。"As the author asserts in the early parts of this book， this is not a Black history on white people's terms。 This book should not only be on high school and post-secondary curricula as widely as possible， and in libraries and bookstores， but also should serve as a guidepost to educators who continue to struggle with the lack of Black history education to students and hesitations over many necessary topics within the entire framework。 Through fascinating and sometimes painful personal experiences the author relates from his time as a student， his decisions to pursue Black history as a career path and the life's work he has taken on as an educator to all of the areas and facets of the vast subject that many people continue to be unaware of， this book is an essential resource。 It is so much more than what the author has experienced when teaching Black history not only to white people including students， parents， and others， but also to Black students and their experiences。 The book also serves as a primer on all of the things people have NOT learned in Black history classes， and most importantly， it is from a Black viewpoint。 Highly recommended。 。。。more