The Black Family Who Built America: The McKissacks, Two Centuries of Daring Pioneers

The Black Family Who Built America: The McKissacks, Two Centuries of Daring PioneersThe riveting story of the McKissack familythe founders of the leading Black design and construction firm in the United States, from its beginnings in the mid 1800s to its thriving status todayin a moving celebration of resilience and innovation. Captured in his native West Africa and enslaved on American shores by a North Carolina plantation owner, Moses McKissack I began to build his way to emancipation right from the start. Becoming an enslaved

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