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. 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, Four Hundred Souls weaves a tapestry of unspeakable suffering and unexpected transcendence.”- O: The Oprah Magazine a gateway to the solo works of all the voices in Kendi and Blain’s impressive choir.”- The Washington Post “A vital addition to curriculum on race in America.magazine, BookPage, She Reads, BookRiot, Booklist NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY The Washington Post, Town & Country, Ms.Kendi, author of How to Be an Antiracist, and Keisha N. A chorus of extraordinary voices tells the epic story of the four-hundred-year journey of African Americans from 1619 to the present-edited by Ibram X.
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