The Unseen Truth: When Race Changed Sight in America

Was America's racial divide built on a lie?

In her new book, The Unseen Truth: When Race Changed Sight in America, Sarah Lewis, founder of Vision & Justice, uncovers the pivotal moment when Americans came to ignore the truth about the false foundations of the nation’s racial regime. The surprising catalyst occurred in the nineteenth century when the Caucasian War—the fight for independence in the Caucasus that coincided with the end of the U.S. Civil War—revealed the instability of the entire regime of racial domination. In a masterpiece of historical detective work, Lewis exposes one of the most damaging lies in American history.