They built the town. Then the town was un-built. Twelve Black towns — built by freedpeople, homesteaders, and founders after emancipation — and the four ways America un-built them: by fire, by law, by highway, and by forgetting. Every chapter stands on its receipts: the deeds, petitions, plans, and nominations in the record, and the oral traditions carried by the museums, churches, and descendants who keep these towns' memory — because before emancipation it was against the law for Black people to read and write, and the paper trail was suppressed on purpose. Standard and Kid-Friendly editions, each in Interactive (with narration by Marcus) and EPUB. A TEKS correlation sheet, audited against the finished books, is available for every volume.

Vol. 1 — Texas: Built From Freedom

Freedmen's Town · Independence Heights · Clarksville

Vol. 2 — Burned & Driven Out

Rosewood · Oscarville & Forsyth County · Greenwood

Vol. 3 — Taken by Law & Concrete

Seneca Village · Bruce's Beach · Africatown

Vol. 4 — Bypassed & Faded

Nicodemus · Blackdom · Allensworth

Bundles & Companions

For Educators

TEKS-audited educator materials for every volume — correlation sheets, an Educator Guide and Pack, and a Companion Workbook in the Classroom Collective membership. These materials make classrooms eligible, not district-adopted.