.png) First edition cover | |
| Editors | Ibram X. Kendi Keisha N. Blain |
|---|---|
| Cover artist | Bayo Iribhogbe (art) Michael Morris (design) |
| Language | English |
| Subject | African-American history |
| Publisher | One World |
Publication date | February 2, 2021 |
| Publication place | United States |
| Media type | Print (hardcover and paperback), e-book, audiobook |
| Pages | 528 |
| Award | Earphones Award for Best Audiobook (AudioFile) |
| ISBN | 978-0-593-13404-7 (First edition hardcover) |
| OCLC | 1184240347 |
| 973/.0496073 | |
| LC Class | E185 .F625 2021 |
Four Hundred Souls: A Community History of African America, 1619–2019 is a 2021 anthology of essays, commentaries, personal reflections, short stories, and poetry, compiled and edited by Ibram X. Kendi and Keisha N. Blain. Conceived and created to commemorate the four hundred years that had passed since the arrival of the first Africans in Virginia, the book concerns African-American history and collects works written by ninety Black writers. A winner or finalist of multiple awards in its print and audiobook editions, Four Hundred Souls has been widely praised by reviewers for its prose and historical content.