M.F.A. in Creative Nonfiction

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Jesse J. Holland is the Race and Ethnicity Writer for The Associated Press and has covered politics, elections and the law from the White House, Congress and the Supreme Court.  He is the author of the books The Invisibles: The Untold Story of African American Slavery Inside the White House (Lyons Press, 2016) and Black Men Built The Capitol: Discovering African American History In and Around Washington, D.C. (Globe Pequot, 2007). TheRoot.com named him one of the 100 Most Influential African Americans in 2011.

The Invisibles: The Untold Story of African American Slavery Inside the White House

Black Men Built The Capitol: Discovering African American History In and Around Washington, D.C. excerpt