Richard Rothstein’s The Color of Law lays bare government policies that built racial segregation into the nation’s housing landscape; James McBride’s The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store spins a warm, big-hearted tale of an unlikely community bound together by loyalty, music, and resistance; and Alice Randall’s My Black Country blends memoir, cultural criticism, and music history to reclaim the stories behind country music’s Black roots. Together, these books illuminate the forces—systemic, communal, and personal—that shape who we are.
Richard Rothstein’s The Color of Law lays bare government policies that built racial segregation into the nation’s housing landscape; James McBride’s The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store spins a warm, big-hearted tale of an unlikely community bound together by loyalty, music, and resistance; and Alice Randall’s My Black Country blends memoir, cultural criticism, and music history to reclaim the stories behind country music’s Black roots. Together, these books illuminate the forces—systemic, communal, and personal—that shape who we are.