The German American artist James Gregory Atkinson shot his film 6 Friedberg-Chicago (2021) at Ray Barracks, a former US Army base in Friedberg in Hesse. The book presents a nonlinear archive-chronicling the history of Black soldiers in Germany and their descendants-that Atkinson developed together with sociologist Eric Otieno Sumba and art historian Mearg Negusse. It is published as a follow-up to Atkinson's exhibition "6 Friedberg-Chicago" (2021/22) at the Dortmunder Kunstverein, which was curated by Rebekka Seubert. The exhibition and catalog were funded by the Alfried Krupp von Bohlen und Halbach Foundation within the framework of its "Catalogs for Young Artists" grant. James Gregory Atkinson is a visual artist living in Frankfurt am Main. He studied with Douglas Gordon at the Städelschule and won scholarships from the Villa Aurora and the Jan Van Eyck Academie, as well as a studio grant from the Hessische Kulturstiftung in New York. Mearg Negusse is an art historian and part of the team at C& (Contemporary And). Eric Otieno Sumba is a sociologist, political economist, and writer. He has been responsible for the publications department at Haus der Kulturen der Welt since 2023. Rebekka Seubert is a curator and has been artistic director at the Dortmunder Kunstverein since 2020.