The Black Family Who Built America
The McKissacks, Two Centuries of Daring Pioneers
$38.99
- Paperback
288 pages
- Release Date
11 August 2026
Summary
A Scientific American Favorite Book of 2025
The riveting story of the McKissack family—the founders of the leading Black design and construction firm in the United States, from its beginnings in the mid-1800s to its thriving status today—in 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 sta…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781668034002 |
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| ISBN-10: | 166803400X |
| Author: | Cheryl McKissack Daniel, Nick Chiles |
| Publisher: | Simon & Schuster |
| Imprint: | Atria/Black Privilege Publishing |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 288 |
| Release Date: | 11 August 2026 |
| Weight: | 249g |
| Dimensions: | 20mm x 140mm x 213mm |
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Cheryl McKissack Daniel
Cheryl McKissack Daniel is the award-winning president and CEO of McKissack & McKissack. She serves as principal-in-charge and project executive on numerous high-profile projects, including major work in the commercial, healthcare, education, and transportation sectors. She serves on numerous corporate, charitable, and community boards, and has been honored as a “Hero of Liberty” for her support of humanitarian initiatives and for promoting the responsibilities of a free and diverse America. Born in Nashville to architect William DeBerry and teacher Leatrice Buchanan McKissack, Cheryl represents the fifth generation of the McKissack family’s century-old business, the oldest minority and woman-owned professional design and construction firm in the nation.
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