![]() The racial terror that was a foundational building block of the US is highlighted throughout the book, from slavery, through lynching, to the videos of police violence that have recently become a routine feature of everyday life.īoth authors are keen to emphasise the diversity of voices in the book. He highlights the attack on the US Capitol as a wake-up call for many who are now “wrestling with the reality that white supremacists are the greatest domestic terrorist threat of our time”. “We’re talking about race today in a way that we may not have 10 years ago,” argues Kendi. One thing that kept everyone committed to the project was that Four Hundred Souls is as much about the present as it is about the past. Why not bring together a community?”Īlicia Garza, Donna Brazile and Robin Kelley all contribute chapters, along with some of the highest-profile writers, historians, journalists, lawyers, poets and activists working in the US today. “Often, history is written by a single person, usually a man. “It’s a way to commemorate this historic moment,” says Kendi of the 400-year anniversary. ![]() ![]() Each chapter, written by a different author, covers a five-year period from 1619 – when slavery began in the US – to 2019. ![]() Published earlier this year, Four Hundred Souls: A Community History of African America 1619-2019, edited by Professors Keisha N Blain and Kendi, draws together 80 African American contributors. ![]()
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