"Teaching White Supremacy" -- an evening with author Donald Yacovone

In collaboration with the Brooklyn Book Festival, Revolution Books in Harlem announces our 2024 BBF "Bookend" event:

Author DONALD YACOVONE discusses his book with
Historian-Teacher LEEANNA KEITH

In fascinating, deeply troubling detail, historian Donald Yacovone charts the creation and systematic indoctrination of the pernicious myth of white supremacy in America’s classrooms, examining an astounding array of K-12 textbooks since the 1830s.

In our time-- rife with book banning, attacks on librarians, and censoring of curriculum addressing America’s true racist past and present, this discussion contributes to an urgent, high-stakes battle.

We encourage teachers and students to attend...

and to join the discussion.

"An achievement in writing public history and should be read widely."

—David W. Blight, Fredrick Douglass: Prophet of Freedom

"If we want to understand the roots of our current culture wars and our current battles over the place of race in American history classes, this marvelous book is the place to start."—Henry Louis Gates, Jr., Harvard University

* Donald Yacovone is a lifetime associate of Harvard’s Hutchins Center for African and African American Research. He is the author or editor of nine books.

* LeeAnna Keith is author of The Colfax Massacre: The Untold Story of Black Power, White Terror, and the Death of Reconstruction. She is a high school history teacher in New York City.

Host or Publisher Revolution Books in Harlem