The African Americans: Many Rivers to Cross
“THE  AFRICAN AMERICANS: MANY RIVERS TO CROSS is an eye-opener. Henry Louis  Gates, Jr., and Donald Yacovone brilliantly recount the story of people  of African descent in mainland North America across some five centuries  with deep knowledge of the evolution of the African American experience  and great sensitivity to its complexity. Few accounts better capture the  changing texture of black life, as black men and women remade their  society on new ground.”