Lebron 1694-1699 : the middle passage / by Mary E. McGhee 1679-1684 : the Virginia law that forbade bearing arms or the Virginia law that forbade armed self-defense / by Kellie Carter Jackson 1684-1689 : the code noir / by Laurence Ralph 1689-1694 : the Germantown petition against slavery / by Christopher J. Love 1674-1679 : Bacon's rebellion / by Heather C. Morgan 1664-1669 : the Virginia law on baptism / by Jemar Tisby 1669-1674 : the royal African company / by David A. 1659-1664 : Elizabeth Keye / by Jennifer L.

Parker Poem : 'upon arrival' by Jericho Brown Stevenson 1644-1649 : Anthony Johnson, colony of Virginia / by Maurice Carlos Ruffin 1649-1654 : the Black family / by Heather Andrea Williams 1654-1659 : unfree labor / by Nakia D. Hill 1639-1644 : Black women's labor / by Brenda E. 1619-1624 : arrival / by Nikole Hannah-Jones 1624-1629 : Africa / by Molefi Kete Asante 1629-1634 : whipped for lying with a Black woman / by Ijeoma Oluo 1634-1639 : tobacco / by Damaris B.

A community of souls : an introduction / by Ibram X.

It is highly recommended for anyone with an interest in human rights, global history, and the hope for a better world.Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages -442) and index Contents Their essays focus on various aspects of the centuries-long Black struggle in America, including housing discrimination, the horrors of the Middle Passage, the corruption of colonial baptism laws, civil rights movements like the Black Panther Party and Black Lives Matter, and more.įour Hundred Souls is a tribute to what Black people in America have overcome and a rallying cry for more work to be done. This choral approach allows the writers to tell America’s story as a community.

The editorial choices of the book create a work in which “Each piece has been written distinctly while being relatively equal in length to the others, making for a cohesive and connected narrative with strikingly different-yet unified-voices. The editors argue that the arrival of the White Lion marks the beginning of America’s story, not the celebrated landing of the Mayflower. The White Lion brought 20 Angolan slaves, not pilgrims. The editors chose the four-hundred-year period covered in the book to coincide with the 400th anniversary of the White Lion, a contemporary ship of the Mayflower.

Ibram x kendi four hundred souls