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Douglas Blackmon's *Slavery by Another Name* illuminates a little known, widespread and legal form of slavery that continued in the US from the end of the Civil War through 1945. One example: As a result of abhorrent legislation designed to intimidate African-Americans, thousands of blacks were arbitrarily arrested, levied with tremendous fines, and charged for the costs of their own arrests. Based on a vast record of original documents and personal narratives, *Slavery by Another Name* reveals the lost stories of African-Americans who, despite Amendment 13 and the Emancipation Proclamation, lived a life of toil and slavery into the 20th Century. Blackmon is the Atlanta Bureau Chief of the Wall Street Journal. He has written extensively on race, the economy, and American society. Reared in the Mississippi Delta, he lives in downtown Atlanta with his wife and children.