Black AF History: The Un-Whitewashed Story of America

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • NAACP IMAGE AWARD–WINNING AUTHOR

A BREAKOUT HIT IN MODERN BLACK HISTORY

“Sharp, fearless, and unapologetically honest.”
—Praised by major media outlets and readers nationwide

A widely celebrated and eye-opening exploration of American history, delivering a bold, unfiltered perspective that challenges conventional narratives and reshapes the national conversation.

What if everything you thought you knew about history was only half the story?

In Black AF History: The Un-Whitewashed Story of America by Michael Harriot, the narrative of American history is turned on its head—boldly, unapologetically, and with a sharp sense of wit. This is not the version found in traditional textbooks. It’s the story that was overlooked, simplified, or intentionally erased.

Through powerful storytelling and cultural insight, Harriot reintroduces readers to the people, events, and forces that shaped the nation from a perspective too often ignored. From untold contributions to systemic struggles, each chapter reveals a deeper, more complex reality behind the familiar timeline.

But confronting the truth isn’t comfortable. It challenges long-held beliefs, exposes difficult realities, and forces readers to reconsider what they thought they understood. The risk? Letting discomfort turn into denial rather than growth.

As the past is reframed with clarity and honesty, one question lingers: what does it mean to truly understand history—and how does that change the way we see the present?

Provocative, insightful, and impossible to ignore, this book invites you to look again. Because the full story has always been there… waiting to be told.