Jaclyn Backhaus is a playwright and the winner of the 2018 Horton Foote Prize for her play India Pale Ale. She lives in Brooklyn, New York.

Christopher Sebastian Parker is a professor of Social Justice and Political Science at the University of Washington. His work can be found in the New York Times, Washington Post, and Politico. He regularly appears on MSNBC, PBS, C-SPAN, and the History Channel. He lives in Seattle, Washington.

New histories to disrupt traditional canon: Each book aims to amplify voices and histories that have long been silenced and ignored by mainstream history books and storytellers.

Fills anti-racist calls from educators. Parents and students have called upon their school systems to implement anti-racist curriculum. This series aims to answer those calls.

Authentic, diverse voices: The authors in this series are experts in their fields and, as members of the marginalized communities discussed in each book, bring an authentic perspective to each subject.

Lots of backmatter, sidebars, and critical questions: Librarians will love that each chapter includes sidebars to help contextualize and explain difficult, new concepts like "What is White Supremacy?" Most chapters end with critical questions to guide classroom discussion.