Black history biography books

We are pleased to release this year’s AAIHS list of the best books published in 2024! Check out this extraordinary list of great books from 2024 that offer varied historical perspectives on the Black experience in the United States and across the globe.

From books on Black working class women and resistance to works on the Black archive and the Reconstruction era, the diverse selections included in this list will enhance your reading list for the new year and deepen your understanding of Black people’s ideas and experiences in every part of the globe.

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Ana Lucia Araujo, Humans in Shackles An Atlantic History of Slavery(University of Chicago Press, 2024)

During the era of the Atlantic slave trade, more than twelve million enslaved Africans were forcibly transported to the Americas in cramped, inhumane conditions.

Many of them died on the way, and those who survived had to endure further suffering in the violent conditions that met them onshore. Covering more than three