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Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
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A chorus of extraordinary voices tells one of history's great epics: The four-hundred-year journey of African Americans from 1619 to the present. The story begins in 1619 - a year before the Mayflower dropped anchor off Cape Cod - when the White Lion disgorges "some 20 and odd Negroes" onto the shores of Virginia, inaugurating the African presence in what would become the United States. It takes us to the present, when African Americans, descendants...
Pub. Date
[2024]
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
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From the coeditor of the best-selling Four Hundred Souls, a galvanizing anthology for those seeking to build an inclusive democracy.
In 1968, civil rights activist Fannie Lou Hamer called for Americans to "wake up" if they wanted to "make democracy a reality." Today, as Black communities continue to face challenges built on centuries of discrimination, her plea is increasingly urgent. In this exhilarating anthology of original essays, Keisha N. Blain...
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