<b>#1 <i>NEW YORK TIMES </i>BESTSELLER • NATIONAL BOOK AWARD WINNER • NAMED ONE OF <i>TIME</i>’S TEN BEST NONFICTION BOOKS OF THE DECADE • PULITZER PRIZE FINALIST • NATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE AWARD FINALIST • <b><b>ONE OF OPRAH’S “BOOKS THAT HELP ME THROUGH” • </b>NOW AN HBO ORIGINAL SPECIAL EVENT</b></b><br><b> </b><br><b>Hailed by Toni Morrison as “required reading,” a bold and personal literary exploration of America’s racial history by “the most important essayist in a generation and a writer who changed the national political conversation about race” (<i>Rolling Stone</i>)</b><br><b> </b><br><b><b><b><b>NAMED ONE OF THE MOST INFLUENTIAL BOOKS OF THE DECADE BY CNN </b>• NAMED ONE OF <i>PASTE</i><b>’</b>S BEST MEMOIRS OF THE DECADE • NAMED ONE OF THE TEN BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY <i>The New York Times Book Review • O: