The Black Utopians: Searching for Paradise and the Promised Land in America, by Aaron Robertson (2024) (opens in new tab)

""[An] extraordinary new work of history and memoir . . . Unforgettable." —Gabriel Bump, The Washington Post A lyrical meditation on how Black Americans have envisioned utopia—and sought to transform their lives. How do the disillusioned, the forgotten, and the persecuted not merely hold on to life but expand its possibilities and preserve its beauty? What, in other words, does utopia look like in black? These questions animate Aaron Robertson’s exploration of Black Americans' efforts to rema...