This impressive collection gathers together the dynamic, timely, eloquent, and enduring writing of more than 30 African Americans from colonial times to today. Evocative full-page portraits illustrate the lasting impact of writings by Benjamin Banneker, Frederick Douglass, W.E.B. DuBois, Zora Neal Hurston, Langston Hughes, Toni Morrison, Lauryn Hill, and many more. The powerful words of these remarkable people show that the African-American legacy is a rich one - a legacy that thrives to this day.