Four Hundred Souls: A Community History of African America, 1619-2019
No CoverCary Hite, Deborah D. Douglas, Karine Jean-Pierre, Jamal Henderson, Mahogany L. Browne, Chet'la Sebree, Imani Jade Powers, Jemar Tisby, Leon Nixon, Angela Y. Davis, Leonard Dozier, Rhett Samuel Price, Jade Wheeler, Sean Crisden, Joshua Bennett, Sullivan Jones, Brianna Collette, Laurence Ralph, John A. Powell, Nicole Lewis, Eugene Scott, Michael Harriot, James Fouhey, Karen Chilton, Dorothy Roberts, Soneela Nankani, Zenzi Williams, Ron Butler, Kai Wright, Ethan Herisse, Keisha N. Blain, Jerome Harmann-Hardeman, Keylor Leigh, Anita Welch, Nikole Hannah-Jones, Alicia Garza, Blair L.M. Kelley, Jesús Martínez, Chanté McCormick, Christopher J. Lebron, Peter Francis James, David A. Love, Adam Serwer, Dennis Logan, Prentice Onayemi, Robin Miles, Esther Armah, Ella Turenne, Dashawn Barnes, Heather McGhee, Danai Gurira, Deirdre Cooper Owens, Morgan Parker, Robin Eller, Wesley Lowery, Tashi Thomas, Samira Wiley, James Forman Jr., Bahni Turpin, William DeMerrit, Mirron Willis, Donte Bonner, Andia Winslow, Desmond Manny, Torian Brackett, Adenrele Ojo, Nakia D. Parker, J.D. Jackson, Lisa Reneé Pitts, William J. Barber II, Jericho Brown, Damian Thompson, January LaVoy, Kevin R. Free, Amir Abdullah, Terrence Kidd, Dion Graham, Ryan Vincent Anderson, Patricia Smith, Brandon R. Byrd, Quincy Tyler Bernstine, Robert Jones Jr., Marisha Tapera, Ibram X. Kendi, Genesis Oliver, Shayna Small, Phylicia Rashad, Dominic Hoffman, Keith David, Heather Alicia Simms, Imani Parks, Tovah Ott, Leslie Odom Jr., Zainab Jah, Kristen Ariza, Karen Murray, Adam Lazarre-White, Soledad O'Brien, Bill Quinn, Susan Hayward, Sherrilyn A. Ifill, James-Monroe Iglehart, Joyce Abbott-Pratt, David Sadzin, T.L. Thompson, Joshua David Scarlett, Kellie Carter-Jackson, Andre Blake, Tiya Miles, Sherry Mebane
A powerful community history of African America from 1619 to 2019, blending essays and narratives by numerous contributors.
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A powerful community history of African America from 1619 to 2019, blending essays and narratives by numerous contributors.
will contain mild spoilers
Occasional historical references to sexual violence during slavery and segregation eras
Graphic accounts of lynchings, slavery brutality, police violence, and racial terror
Moderate profanity appears in some contemporary essays and quoted speech
Brief mentions of alcohol and drug use in social and historical contexts
Limited discussion of LGBTQ+ figures and themes in African American history
Frequent coverage of Black churches, spiritual traditions, and religious leaders
No fantasy magic elements present
No occult or demonology content
Central themes of systemic racism, civil rights struggles, and social justice
Isolated references to suicide amid discussions of historical trauma
Extensive examination of slavery, segregation, mass incarceration, and racial violence
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