Black AF History: The Un-Whitewashed Story of America

📖 Black AF History: The Un-Whitewashed Truth About America – by Michael Harriot

🚩 The Problem with the “Official” Story

The version of American history most of us grew up with is a whitewashed mythology:

• Pilgrims bravely building a new nation

• George Washington’s cherry tree

• Abraham Lincoln’s log cabin

• A false tale of enslaved people who appeared out of thin air with nothing but strong backs and spirituals

This sanitized narrative erases and devalues the Black experience—an omission that is, as Harriot argues, “as American as apple pie.”

🖤 The Truth, Black AF

In Black AF History, Harriot pulls no punches. Through meticulous research and unapologetically provocative storytelling, he:

• Strips away the sugarcoating of white-centered history

• Spotlights the Black voices, stories, and resistance too often left out

• Shares surprising accounts, from African Americans who arrived before 1619 to the “unenslavable” outlaw who inspired America’s first police force

✍️ Why This Book Matters

Both hilarious and hard-hitting, Harriot’s work subverts conventional narratives, offering a long overdue corrective to the stories we’ve been told. This isn’t just history—it’s Black AF history, and it’s as urgent as it is enlightening.