"Unlike other recent books on the topic, Carrillo focuses on events in a historical context, rather than merely presenting the same lists of famous African Americans. The day-by-day approach allows the author to go beyond the well-known to celebrate more events and people who shaped American history." - School Library Journal

"This work is recommended for all African American history and culture collections." - ARBA

"This ready-reference guide provides fascinating nuggets of both well-known and little-known milestones and historic moments in African American history. . . . It is easy to envision an instructor using this guide every day and including a fact in his or her lesson plan, or jotting an important but perhaps lesser-known event in history on the classroom whiteboard. Appropriate for students of all ages, this is recommended for most school, public, and academic libraries." - Booklist

"Researchers needing to find a date for a specific event will find this book to be a valuable resource. It will be a solid addition to the reference collections of high school, academic, and public libraries." - Library Journal