Four Hundred Souls: A Community History of African America, 1619-2019 by Ibram X. Kendi, Keisha N. Blain

Four Hundred Souls: A Community History of African America, 1619-2019

Ibram X. Kendi, Keisha N. Blain

528 pages first pub 2021 (editions)

nonfiction essays history race challenging informative reflective medium-paced

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The story begins in 1619—a year before the Mayflower—when the White Lion 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 Af...

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informative 95%
challenging 66%
reflective 66%
emotional 46%
inspiring 31%
sad 22%
hopeful 20%
dark 16%
tense 8%
adventurous 1%

Pace

medium 58%
slow 30%
fast 10%

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