Named one of Smithsonian's Best Books of 2023
2024 Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights Book Award
2024 Philip Taft Labor History AwardÂ
2024 Brooklyn Public Library Book Prize Nonfiction Longlist
2024 L.A. Times Book Award Finalist in HistoryÂ
An award-winning historian illuminates the adversities and joys of the Black working class in America through a stunning narrative centered on her forebears.