Focusing on the often-overlooked contributions of people of color to the built environment, Dr. Craig Wilkins from the University of Michigan shares his list of recommended reading.
Building on the recently published books and essays on Paul Williams, essays and articles on Julian Abele, and forthcoming publications on Hilyard Robinson, these works rightfully add long-ignored practitioners of color to architecture’s official narrative, for a fuller account of practice in America:
Robert R. Taylor and Tuskegee: An African American Architect Designs for Booker T. Washington by Ellen Weis
Cap Wigington: An Architectural Legacy in Ice and Stone by David Vassar Taylor with Paul Clifford Larson
Negro Building: Black Americans in the World of Fairs and Museums by Mabel O. Wilson
FULL STORY: Design library: African-American perspectives on architecture
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