Nonfiction
Stylin': African American Expressive Culture, from Its Beginnings to the Zoot Suit 1999
Somewhat More Independent: The End of Slavery in New York City, 1770-1810 2004
The Sounds of Slavery: Discovering African American History through Songs, Sermons, and Speech 2006
Stories of Freedom in Black New York 2007
Playing the Numbers: Gambling in Harlem between the Wars 2010
Prince of Darkness: The Untold Story of Jeremiah G. Hamilton, Wall Street's First Black Millionaire 2015