Four Hundred Souls: A Community History of African America, 1619–2019
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Four Hundred Souls: A Community History of African America, 1619–2019 is a collaborative volume edited by Ibram X. Kendi and Keisha N. Blain that presents 400 years of African American history through short essays and poems by a diverse group of writers.
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| Four Hundred Souls | 4 |
| Four Hundred Souls: A Community History of African America, 1619–2019 canonical | 3 |
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Target entity: Four Hundred Souls: A Community History of African America, 1619–2019 Context triple: [Ibram X. Kendi, notableWork, Four Hundred Souls: A Community History of African America, 1619–2019]
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Target entity: Four Hundred Souls: A Community History of African America, 1619–2019 Target entity description: Four Hundred Souls: A Community History of African America, 1619–2019 is a collaborative volume edited by Ibram X. Kendi and Keisha N. Blain that presents 400 years of African American history through short essays and poems by a diverse group of writers.
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A.
Between the World and Me
"Between the World and Me" is a critically acclaimed nonfiction book by Ta-Nehisi Coates that reflects on race, identity, and the Black experience in America through a personal letter to his son.
-
B.
The Warmth of Other Suns
The Warmth of Other Suns is Isabel Wilkerson’s acclaimed historical study that traces the lives and journeys of African Americans who left the Jim Crow South for the North and West in the 20th century.
-
C.
Black America Again
Black America Again is a socially conscious hip-hop album by Common that addresses systemic racism, black identity, and political resistance in contemporary America.
-
D.
Slave Narratives: A Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves
Slave Narratives: A Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves is a multi-volume collection of first-person accounts by formerly enslaved people, compiled in the 1930s and 1940s and regarded as one of the most important primary sources on American slavery.
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E.
The Beautiful Struggle
The Beautiful Struggle is Ta-Nehisi Coates’s coming-of-age memoir about growing up in Baltimore amid violence, hip-hop culture, and his father’s Black nationalist ideals.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
anthology
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book ⓘ collaborative work ⓘ history book ⓘ non-fiction book ⓘ |
| aim | to present 400 years of African American history through multiple voices ⓘ |
| authorCount | multiple authors ⓘ |
| contains |
essays
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poems ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| editor |
Ibram X. Kendi
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Keisha N. Blain ⓘ |
| editorRoleOf |
Ibram X. Kendi
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surface form:
Ibram X. Kendi is a historian and antiracist scholar
Keisha N. Blain is a historian of African American history ⓘ |
| genre |
African American history
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essay collection ⓘ history ⓘ poetry anthology ⓘ |
| historicalEndPoint | year 2019 ⓘ |
| historicalStartingPoint | arrival of the first enslaved Africans in English North America in 1619 ⓘ |
| imprintOfPublisher | Random House ⓘ |
| isbn10 | 0593134044 ⓘ |
| isbn13 | 9780593134047 ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| mediaType |
audiobook
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ebook ⓘ print ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | community history ⓘ |
| notableFor |
collaborative narrative form
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diverse group of contributors ⓘ |
| numberOfContributors | 90 ⓘ |
| organizationalPrinciple | chronological ⓘ |
| pageCount | 528 ⓘ |
| periodLengthPerSection | 5 years ⓘ |
| publicationDate | February 2021 ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 2021 ⓘ |
| publisher | One World ⓘ |
| setting |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| shortTitle |
Four Hundred Souls: A Community History of African America, 1619–2019
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Four Hundred Souls
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| structure |
poems
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short essays ⓘ |
| subject |
African American history
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Black Americans ⓘ
surface form:
African Americans
civil rights ⓘ slavery in the United States ⓘ |
| targetAudience |
general readers
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students of African American history ⓘ |
| timeSpanCovered | 1619–2019 ⓘ |
| title | Four Hundred Souls: A Community History of African America, 1619–2019 self-link ⓘ |
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Subject: Four Hundred Souls: A Community History of African America, 1619–2019 Description of subject: Four Hundred Souls: A Community History of African America, 1619–2019 is a collaborative volume edited by Ibram X. Kendi and Keisha N. Blain that presents 400 years of African American history through short essays and poems by a diverse group of writers.
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