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    Summary of Ibram X. Kendi & Keisha N. Blain's Four Hundred Souls
    Summary of Ibram X. Kendi & Keisha N. Blain's Four Hundred Souls
    Summary of Ibram X. Kendi & Keisha N. Blain's Four Hundred Souls
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    Summary of Ibram X. Kendi & Keisha N. Blain's Four Hundred Souls

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    Get the Summary of Ibram X. Kendi & Keisha N. Blain's Four Hundred Souls in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary & not the original book. Original book introduction: Four Hundred Souls is a unique one-volume “community” history of African Americans. The editors, Ibram X. Kendi and Keisha N. Blain, have assembled ninety brilliant writers, each of whom takes on a five-year period of that four-hundred-year span. The writers explore their periods through a variety of techniques: historical essays, short stories, personal vignettes, and fiery polemics. They approach history from various perspectives: through the eyes of towering historical icons or the untold stories of ordinary people; through places, laws, and objects. While themes of resistance and struggle, of hope and reinvention, course through the book, this collection of diverse pieces from ninety different minds, reflecting ninety different perspectives, fundamentally deconstructs the idea that Africans in America are a monolith—instead it unlocks the startling range of experiences and ideas that have always existed within the community of Blackness.

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    PublisherIRB Media
    Release dateDec 1, 2021
    ISBN9781952482854
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      #1

      The American story is one of exceptionalism, and yet it is also the story of slavery.

      #2

      While we can forget about the White Lion, we cannot erase the impact that it had on the world. These two ships, the White Lion and the Mayflower, bridging the three continents that made America, would be the most quintessential and perplexing elements in America’s contradictory history.

      #3

      America was founded on the backs of African slaves, and yet many Americans today will deny that fact.

      #4

      We cannot forget the truth about America, which is that it was founded on racism and has continued to be shaped by it.

      #5

      The first Africans to set foot in what is now the United States were brought to Jamestown, Virginia, in 1619.

      #6

      The African arrivals in the 1620s brought with them many roles that would help shape the African American community's identity for centuries to come.

      #7

      Whiteness is something that can only be lost in purity. Throughout history, anti-Black racism and white supremacy have intertwined to form a complex system of racial inequality in America.

      #8

      The idea of white purity was first put into place in colonial Virginia, and it has continued to affect American culture to this day.

      #9

      Whiteness, as a political and social construct, was created because of the fear of Blackness. It functions to this day to oppress and exploit Black people.

      #10

      Rolfe, a planter, fell in love with an African slave named Go-Go while on a tobacco plantation in Virginia.

      #11

      The first Africans who came to Jamestown, Virginia, in 1619 were brought by the Virginia Company, a group of investors who sought to profit off of the African slave trade.

      #12

      Enslavement in

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