Black Freedom

“An antidote to the images of Black suffering that seem to dominate the cultural imagination. . . Black Freedom is an ode to joy, pride and resistance.”—BookPage, STARRED REVIEW

“Engaging, illuminating commentary that establishes historical context. . . . Addictive browsing.” —Booklist

“Black Freedom documents the perseverance, resistance, and, more importantly, the unquenchable joy that is an indelible part of the Black American backstory. Kelley doesn’t give us an account; she gives us our account. This is history as it should be told.”—Michael Harriot, New York Times bestselling author of Black AF History

“Blair Kelley’s language sings—each sentence shaped with a poet’s care, each page alive with the unshakable resolve of Black people. Black Freedom is more than a book; it is a chorus of memory and hope.”—Bettina Love, New York Times bestselling author of Punished for Dreaming

"This is a portal. This is time travel facilitated by one of the great historians of our time. Thanks to Blair Kelley, we can go to an important fissure in the story of domination. We can wonder new wonderings and ask new questions about freedom. We can look love in the face and see what it is asking of us now."—Alexis Pauline Gumbs, award-winning author of Survival is a Promise: The Eternal Life of Audre Lorde