This companion book to Dr. Gates's PBS series, And Still I Rise, traces 50 years of Black history in the U.S. in 350+ photos. Between Malcom X's February 1965 assassination and the country's election of its first Black president, Gates notes the persistence of a Black underclass and raises vital questions about the contradicting experiences. He discusses racial flashpoints including OJ Simpson's murder trial and the murder of Trayvon Martin. Gates also celebrates the Black artists, musicians, writers, and thinkers who have defined American popular culture and changed our world.