Atrocities Against Black Americans in U.S. History

Why We Must Remember

“To forget would be not only dangerous but offensive; to forget the dead would be akin to killing them a second time.”

— Elie Wiesel

History, when sanitized, becomes a weapon against the truth. In classrooms across America, children are taught a version of history that often erases the suffering, resistance, and triumphs of Black Americans. What is omitted is just as dangerous as what is taught. This book exists to correct that.

Atrocities Against Black Americans in U.S. History is not simply a record of violence. It is a testimony to a legacy of survival. It tells the stories that textbooks overlook and monuments ignore. These are the stories of communities destroyed, of lives lynched, of promises broken, and of justice denied. But within them are also stories of courage, protest, perseverance, and hope.

When we speak of atrocities, we speak not just of the physical violence—bombings, beatings, and bullets—but also of the slow, grinding assault of policies and prejudices: experiments disguised as care, laws weaponized against citizens, and silence imposed upon survivors. These events are not mere relics of the past. They are chapters in a continuing saga of injustice that shapes the present moment.