Freedom's Soldiers tells the story of the 200,000 black men who fought in the Civil War, in their own words and those of eyewitnesses.

But A Soldier's Play is more than a detective story: it is a tough, incisive exploration of racial tensions and ambiguities among blacks and between blacks and whites that gives no easy answers and assigns no simple blame.

In Can't Hurt Me, he shares his astonishing life story and reveals that most of us tap into only 40% of our capabilities.

When World War I began, it seemed unlikely that a unit such as the Harlem Hellfighters would ever be formed.

The explosive memoir by the 3rd Ranger Battalion's deadliest sniper, known as "The Reaper"

In this thought-provoking history, Gilbert illuminates how the fight for abolition and equality - not just for the independence of the few but for the freedom and self-government of the many - has been central to the American story from its ...

This work explores how WWI mobilized a generation.

He served as vice-president of the American Anti-Slavery Society. This is his biography.