Four Hundred Souls: A Community History of African America, 1619-2019 -- Ibram X
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<b>#1 <i>NEW YORK TIMES </i>BESTSELLER - A chorus of extraordinary voices <b>tells the epic story of</b> the four-hundred-year journey of African Americans from 1619 to the present--edited by Ibram X. Kendi, author of <i>How to Be an Antiracist, </i> and Keisha N. Blain, author of <i>Set the World on Fire</i>.</b> <p/><b>FINALIST FOR THE ANDREW CARNEGIE MEDAL - NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY <i>The Washington Post, Town & Country, Ms. </i>magazine, <i> BookPage, She Reads, BookRiot, Booklist</i> - "A vital addition to [the] curriculum on race in America . . . a gateway to the solo works of all the voices in Kendi and Blain's impressive choir."--<i>The Washington Post</i></b> <p/><b>"From journalist Hannah P. Jones on Jamestown's first slaves to historian Annette Gordon-Reed's portrait of Sally Hemings to the seductive cadences of poets Jericho Brown and Patricia Smith, <i>Four Hundred Souls</i> weaves a tapestry of unspeakable suffering and unexpected transcendence."--<i>O: The Oprah Magazine</i></b> <p/>The story begins in 1619--a year before the <i>Mayflower</i>--when the <i>White Lion </i>disgorges "some 20-and-odd Negroes" onto the shores of Virginia, inaugurating the African presence in what would become the United States. It takes us to the present, when African Americans, descendants of those on the <i>White Lion </i>and a thousand other routes to this country, continue a journey defined by inhuman oppression, visionary struggles, stunning achievements, an
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