73 pages • 2 hours read
Keisha N. Blain, ed., Ibram X. Kendi, ed.Four Hundred Souls: A Community History of African America, 1619-2019
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Essay Topics
Why did the authors choose to tell their story through 90 writers? Did you find this approach effective? Why or why not?
What is the significance of the title? What do the editors mean by Four Hundred Souls?
Discuss the role that hypocrisy plays the in book.
Why do some historians say that slavery was an unavoidable, inevitable requirement in America’s history?
What different types of influence does Christianity have in the book?
What was the meaning of the mountain in Langston Hughes’s manifesto, The Negro Artist and the Racial Mountain?
Why does Frederick Douglass question whether the 4th of July applies to African Americans?
What does Kendi mean when he says that there is no better word than we?
Why did so many African Americans disparage Anita Hill for her accusations against Clarence Thomas?
Discuss the strengths and weaknesses of Booker T. Washington’s belief that African Americans should learn trades and skills first, and focus on civil rights afterwards?
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