The Black family who built America : the McKissacks, two centuries of daring pioneers
Edition
First Black Privilege Publishing/Atria books hardcover edition.
Publication Information
New York : Black Privilege Publishing / Atria, 2025.
Physical Description
xxiv, 263 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 24 cm
Summary
Traces six generations from slavery to industry leadership, chronicling the McKissack family's enduring legacy in architecture and construction, highlighting their resilience, innovation, and contributions to landmark American projects amid ongoing challenges of racial discrimination and structural inequality.
Contents
- McKissack & McKissack
- Two in a million
- Hollywood to Tennessee
- Too big to be small
- 1929 and back
- "I ain't going into the Black bathroom"
- "Financial clearance"
- "It's like we're in heaven"
- What it takes
- Family business
- Sisterly love
- The right kind of monument
- I'm a survivor
- Strange bedfellows
- A whole new ballgame
- Back to school.
Subjects
- African American business enterprises > History.
- Family-owned business enterprises > United States > History.
- African American businesspeople > Biography.
- Construction industry > History.
- Enslaved persons > Biography.
- Family-owned business enterprises.
- African American business enterprises.
- African American families.
- United States > History.
- McKissack & McKissack > Biography.
- McKissick family.
- Daniel, Cheryl McKissack, 1961-
- Daniel, Cheryl McKissack, 1961- > Family.