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Four Hundred Souls: A Community History of African America, 1619-2019 by Ibram X. Kendi
8 reviews
alexisgarcia's review
4.0
Graphic: Racial slurs, Racism, Classism, Violence, Slavery, Death, Grief, Gun violence, and Police brutality
crybabybea's review against another edition
3.75
Graphic: Rape, Classism, Racial slurs, Sexism, Gun violence, Slavery, Racism, Police brutality, Religious bigotry, Hate crime, and Misogyny
talonsontypewriters's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Death, Murder, Hate crime, Trafficking, War, Racism, Slavery, Violence, Religious bigotry, Classism, and Police brutality
Moderate: Misogyny, Sexism, Torture, Kidnapping, Fire/Fire injury, Addiction, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Colonisation, Racial slurs, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual harassment, Genocide, Child abuse, and Drug use
Minor: Transphobia, Pregnancy, Suicide, Pedophilia, Infertility, Mass/school shootings, Antisemitism, Alcohol, Homophobia, and Ableism
jennie_white2008's review against another edition
5.0
Moderate: Classism, Drug abuse, Forced institutionalization, Racism, War, Drug use, Police brutality, Violence, Xenophobia, Death, Ableism, Addiction, Gun violence, Racial slurs, Slavery, and Torture
skitch41's review
5.0
Graphic: Racism, Violence, and Gun violence
Moderate: Racial slurs
emily_koopmann's review against another edition
4.0
Graphic: Violence, Racism, Racial slurs, Gun violence, and Sexual violence
gabi_tron's review against another edition
5.0
Moderate: Death, Gun violence, Murder, Colonisation, Confinement, Police brutality, Racism, Slavery, and Violence
serendipitysbooks's review
5.0
It’s a community history, a compilation of eighty essays, each by a different author. The authors came from a variety of backgrounds and disciplines; this is not a book authored solely by academic historians. Some essays focused on a person, some an event, some an object, others an idea. I loved the variety of topics, styles and voices. Each essay covered a five year period and they were arranged chronologically which gave the book a flow, a sense of historical progression and a cohesiveness. The essays were divided into ten sections, each of which ended with a poem that reflected on the preceding essays. I’ve never seen this done before but I thought it was very effective. The poetry brought a different dimension and I wished some visual arts had been able to be included also.
Another thing that really stood out is the way most, if not all, essays explicitly linked the events of the past with those of the present. This is not a book of dry facts from the past; this is history that clearly explains the present, and sadly indicates the way things have not changed as much as they ought.
It’s very hard to review such a diverse collection. Personally I especially enjoyed the essays that looked at the 1600 and 1700s since it’s a period of US history that I’m less familiar with. Michael Harriot’s essay on the Reconstruction era really stood out because of it’s honest language, language that differs from that found in most history books. They talk about racial unrest; he talks about terror cells and a war being waged to create a white supremist state. Tera W. Hunter’s exploration of the Shermantown neighbourhood also caught my eye.
Four hundred years of history may sound a daunting read but it’s not. All the essays bar one are between 3 and 5 pages, meaning this can easily be read, slowly but steadily, at the rate of one essay per day - a pace that would allow plenty of time for reflection.
Unique and Unmissable.
Graphic: Forced institutionalization, Gun violence, Murder, Police brutality, Racism, Slavery, and Violence