February is Black History Month and National Review Online has asked a number of distinguished thinkers, both black and white, to share their thoughts on their choice for the one book on the black experience in America that everyone should read.
My vote, had they asked for it, would have gone to Roots by Alex Haley for first place, Harriet Beecher Stowe's Uncle Tom's Cabin for runner-up and W.E.B. DuBois' Souls of Black Folk would have received honorable mention. To my surprise, neither Roots nor Souls were nominated by the NRO reviewers, but several other worthy books were, and you can see what they were at the link.
RLC