The 1619 Project, a new origin story, edited by Nikole Hannah-Jones, Caitlin Roper, Ilena Silverman, and Jake Silverstein
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The 1619 Project, a new origin story, edited by Nikole Hannah-Jones, Caitlin Roper, Ilena Silverman, and Jake Silverstein
Language
eng
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references and index
Illustrations
portraitsillustrations
Index
index present
Literary Form
non fiction
Main title
The 1619 Project
Nature of contents
bibliography
Oclc number
1250435664
Responsibility statement
edited by Nikole Hannah-Jones, Caitlin Roper, Ilena Silverman, and Jake Silverstein
Sub title
a new origin story
Summary
"The animating idea of The 1619 Project is that our national narrative is more accurately told if we begin not on July 4, 1776, but in late August of 1619, when a ship arrived in Jamestown bearing a cargo of twenty to thirty enslaved people from Africa. Their arrival inaugurated a barbaric and unprecedented system of chattel slavery that would last for the next 250 years. This is sometimes referred to as the country's original sin, but it is more than that: It is the country's very origin. The 1619 Project tells this new origin story, placing the consequences of slavery and the contributions of Black Americans at the center of the story we tell ourselves about who we are as a country. Orchestrated by the editors of The New York Times Magazine, led by MacArthur 'genius' and Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Nikole Hannah-Jones, this collection of essays and historical vignettes includes some of the most outstanding journalists, thinkers, and scholars of American history and culture--including Linda Villarosa, Jamelle Bouie, Jeneen Interlandi, Matthew Desmond, Wesley Morris, and Bryan Stevenson. Together, their work shows how the tendrils of 1619--of slavery and resistance to slavery--reach into every part of our contemporary culture, from voting, housing and health care, to the way we sing and dance, the way we tell stories, and the way we worship. Interstitial works of flash fiction and poetry bring the history to life through the imaginative interpretations of some of our greatest writers. The 1619 Project ultimately sends a very strong message: We must have a clear vision of this history if we are to understand our present dilemmas. Only by reckoning with this difficult history and trying as hard as we can to understand its powerful influence on our present, can we prepare ourselves for a more just future."--, Provided by the publisher
Target audience
adult
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Sixteen Hundred Nineteen ProjectSixteen Nineteen Project
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- African Americans + History
- Slavery + Economic aspects -- United States -- History
- Slavery + Political aspects -- United States -- History
- États-Unis -- Relations raciales
- Noirs américains + Histoire
- History, 17th Century
- African Americans -- Literary collections
- African American
- Racisme -- États-Unis -- Histoire
- Racism against Black people -- United States -- History
- États-Unis -- Civilisation
- Racism -- United States -- History
- Poésie
- United States -- Civilization -- African American influences
- United States -- Civilization
- Poetry
- short stories
- essays
- Medicine + History -- 17th century
- poetry
- Médecine + Histoire -- 17e siècle
- Enslavement
- United States -- Race relations
- Noirs américains
- UNITED STATES
- Essays
- Essais
- Racism
- Race Relations
- United States
- Short stories
- Essay
- 1619 Project
- Nouvelles
- African Americans
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- Has instance2
Outgoing Resources
- Contributor5
- Creator1
- Genre10
- Subject35
- African Americans + History
- Slavery + Economic aspects -- United States -- History
- Slavery + Political aspects -- United States -- History
- États-Unis -- Relations raciales
- Noirs américains + Histoire
- History, 17th Century
- African Americans -- Literary collections
- African American
- Racisme -- États-Unis -- Histoire
- Racism against Black people -- United States -- History
- États-Unis -- Civilisation
- Racism -- United States -- History
- Poésie
- United States -- Civilization -- African American influences
- United States -- Civilization
- Poetry
- short stories
- essays
- Medicine + History -- 17th century
- poetry
- Médecine + Histoire -- 17e siècle
- Enslavement
- United States -- Race relations
- Noirs américains
- UNITED STATES
- Essays
- Essais
- Racism
- Race Relations
- United States
- Short stories
- Essay
- 1619 Project
- Nouvelles
- African Americans
- Content2
- Editor4
- Is Based On1
- Other version1
- Mapped to1