A chorus of extraordinary voices comes together to tell one of history’s great epics: the four-hundred-year journey of African Americans from 1619 to the present—edited by Ibram X. Kendi, author ofHow to Be an Antiracist,and Keisha N. Blain, author ofSet the World on Fire.The story begins in 1619—a year before theMayflower—when theWhite Liondisgorges “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 of those on theWhite Lionand a thousand other routes to this country, continue a journey defined by inhuman oppression, visionary struggles, stunning achievements, and millions of ordinary lives passing through extraordinary history.Four Hundred Soulsis a unique one-volume “community” history of...