Table of Contents
A Community of Souls: An Introduction Ibram X. Kendi xiii
Part 1
1619-1624: Arrival Nikole Hannah-Jones 3
1624-1629: Africa Molefi Kete Asante 8
1629-1634: Whipped for Lying with a Black Woman Ijeoma Oluo 11
1634-1639: Tobacco Damaris B. Hill 15
1639-1644: Black Women's Labor Brenda E. Stevenson 18
1644-1649: Anthony Johnson, Colony of Virginia Maurice Carlos Ruffin 22
1649-1654: The Black Family Heather Andrea Williams 26
1654-1659: Unfree Labor Nakia D. Parker 30
Poem: "Upon Arrival" Jericho Brown 34
Part 2
1659-1664: Elizabeth Keye Jennifer L. Morgan 39
1664-1669: The Virginia Law on Baptism Jemar Tisby 43
1669-1674: The Royal African Company David A. Love 47
1674-1679: Bacon's Rebellion Heather C. McGhee 51
1679-1684: The Virginia Law that Forbade Bearing Arms; or the Virginia Law that Forbade Armed Self-Defense Kellie Carter Jackson 55
1684-1689: The Code Noir Laurence Ralph 57
1689-1694: The Germantown Petition against Slavery Christopher J. Lebron 62
1694-1699: The Middle Passage Mary E. Hicks 65
Poem: "Mama, Where You Keep Your Gun?" Phillip B. Williams 68
Part 3
1699-1704: The Selling of Joseph Brandon R. Byrd 73
1704-1709: The Virginia Slave Codes Kai Wright 77
1709-1714: The Revolt in New York Herb Boyd 82
1714-1719: The Slave Market Sasha Turner 85
1719-1724: Maroons and Marronage Sylviane A. Diouf 89
1724-1729: The Spirituals Corey D. B. Walker 93
1729-1734: African Identities Walter C. Rucker 96
1734-1739: From Fort Mose to Soul City Brentin Mock 101
Poem: "Before Revolution" Morgan Parker 105
Part 4
1739-1744: The Stono Rebellion Wesley Lowery 111
1744-1749: Lucy Terry Prince Nafissa Thompson-Spires 115
I749-1754: Race and the Enlightenment Dorothy E. Roberts 119
1754-1759: Blackness and Indigeneity Kyle T. Mays 123
1759-1764: One Black Boy: The Great Lakes and the Midwest Tiya Miles 126
1764-1769: Phillis Wheatley Alexis Pauline Gumbs 130
1769-1774: David George William J. Barber II 135
1774-1779: The American Revolution Martha S. Jones 139
Poem: "Not Without Some Instances of Uncommon Cruelty" Justin Phillip Reed 143
Part 5
1779-1784: Savannah, Georgia Daina Ramey Berry 149
1784-1789: The U.S. Constitution Donna Brazile 153
1789-1794: Sally Hemings Annette Gordon-Reed 158
1794-1799: The Fugitive Slave Act Deirdre Cooper Owens 162
1799-1804: Higher Education Craig Steven Wilder 166
1804-1809: Cotton Kiese Laymon 169
1809-1814: The Louisiana Rebellion Clint Smith 173
1814-1819: Queer Sexuality Raquel Willis 177
Poem: "Remembering the Albany 3" Ishmael Reed 181
Part 6
1819-1824: Denmark Vesey Robert Jones, Jr. 187
1824-1829: Freedom's Journal Pamela Newkirk 191
1829-1834: Maria Stewart Kathryn Sophia Belle 195
1834-1839: The National Negro Conventions Eugene Scott 198
1839-1844: Racial Passing Allyson Hobbs 201
1844-1849: James McCune Smith, M.D. Harriet A. Washington 205
1849-1854: Oregon Mitchell S. Jackson 209
1854-1859: Or Ed Scott John A. Powell 214
Poem: "Compromise" Donika Kelly 218
Part 7
1859-1864: Frederick Douglass Adam Serwer 225
1864-1869: The Civil War Jamelle Bouie 230
1869-1874: Reconstruction Michael Harriot 234
1874-1879: Atlanta Tera W. Hunter 239
1879-1884: John Wayne Niles William A. Darity, Jr. 244
1884-1889: Philadelphia Kali Nicole Gross 249
1889-1894: Lynching Crystal N. Feimster 254
1894-1899: Plessy V. Ferguson Blair L. M. Kelley 258
Poem: "John Wayne Niles … . .-…- -.- …/---- Ermias Joseph Asghedom" Mahogany L. Browne 262
Part 8
1899-1904: Booker T. Washington Derrick Alridge 267
1904-1909: Jack Johnson Howard Bryant 271
1909-1914: The Black Public Intellectual Beverly Guy-Sheftall 274
1914-1919: The Great Migration Isabel Wilkerson 278
1919-1924: Red Summer Michelle Duster 283
1924-1929: The Harlem Renaissance Farah Jasmine Griffin 287
1929-1934: The Great Depression Robin D. G. Kelley 292
1934-1939: Zora Neale Hurston Bernice L. McFadden 297
Poem: "Coiled And Unleashed" Patricia Smith 301
Part 9
1939-1944: The Black Soldier Chad Williams 307
1944-1949: The Black Left Russell Rickford 312
1949-1954: The Road to Brown v. Board of Education Sherrilyn Ifill 317
1954-1959: Black Arts Imani Perry 321
1959-1964: The Civil Rights Movement Charles E. Cobb, Jr. 325
1964-1969: Black Power Peniel Joseph 330
1969-1974: Property Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor 335
1974-1979: Combahee River Collective Barbara Smith 340
Poem: "And the Record Repeats" Chet'la Sebree 344
Part 10
1979-1984: The War on Drugs James Forman, Jr. 351
1984-1989: The Hip-Hop Generation Bakari Kitwana 355
1989-1994: Anita Hill Salamishah Tillet 359
1994-1999: The Crime Bill Angela Y. Davis 366
1999-2004: The Black Immigrant Esther Armah 370
2004-2009: Hurricane Katrina Deborah Douglas 374
2009-2014: The Shelby Ruling Karine Jean-Pierre 378
2014-2019: Black Lives Matter Alicia Garza 382
Poem: "American Abecedarian" Joshua Bennett 387
Conclusion: Our Ancestors' Wildest Dreams Keisha N. Blain 389
Acknowledgments 393
Notes 397
Contributors 443
Permissions 471
Index 473