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ancianita

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1. Four Hundred Souls: A Community History of African America, 1619-2019,
Sun Oct 22, 2023, 12:12 PM
Oct 2023

edited by historians Ibram X. Kendi and Keisha N. Blain. (2021)

I taught African American Literature (foregrounded in the context of its history) for 30+ years, and this book blew me away in combining what/who we don't know with what we know. I had no idea how much more I would learn by reading it.

I also recommend 1619, but I think 400 Souls is more of a page turner.




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Can I get book recommendations? [View all] PlutosHeart Oct 2023 OP
Four Hundred Souls: A Community History of African America, 1619-2019, ancianita Oct 2023 #1
Excellant! THX! PlutosHeart Oct 2023 #8
Lots of Indigenous history books Bayard Oct 2023 #2
My husband PlutosHeart Oct 2023 #4
I loved Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz's An Indigenous People's History of the United States. ancianita Oct 2023 #12
I will look that one up Bayard Oct 2023 #16
Books by author Tiya Miles people Oct 2023 #3
THX! PlutosHeart Oct 2023 #6
Recommended--Narrative of the life of Frederick Douglas--memoir, written in 1845. Timeflyer Oct 2023 #5
I forgot about that one. PlutosHeart Oct 2023 #7
One of Austen's novels takes a strong anti-slavery stance wryter2000 Oct 2023 #9
Oh, and wryter2000 Oct 2023 #11
Yes. it is on Hulu I believe. PlutosHeart Oct 2023 #14
Yes. Her family had some PlutosHeart Oct 2023 #13
Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass iemanja Oct 2023 #10
Sold. I need that one. PlutosHeart Oct 2023 #15
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