The Black History of the White House presents the untold history, racial politics, and shifting significance of the White House as experienced by African Americ

Barack Obama is the first African American President, but the history of African Americans in the White House long predates him. The building was built by slave

Frederick Douglass called the martyred president "emphatically the black man's president” as well as “the first who rose above the prejudice of his times an

The Invisibles chronicles the African American presence inside the White House from its beginnings in 1782 until 1862, when President Abraham Lincoln issued the

Readers of American history and books on Abraham Lincoln will appreciate what Los Angeles Review of Books deems an "accessible book" that "puts a human face —