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The 1619 Project, A New Origin Story :, Nikole Hannah-Jones

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The 1619 Project

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Nikole Hannah-Jones

A New Origin Story :

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER and#x2022; NAACP IMAGE AWARD WINNER and#x2022; A dramatic expansion of a groundbreaking work of journalism, The 1619 Project: A New Origin Story offers a profoundly revealing vision of the American past and present. "[A] groundbreaking compendium . . . bracing and urgent . . . This collection is an extraordinary update to an ongoing project of vital truth-telling.”--Esquire and#xA0; NOW AN EMMY-NOMINATED HULU ORIGINAL DOCUSERIES and#x2022; FINALIST FOR THE KIRKUS PRIZE and#x2022; ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR: The Washington Post, NPR, Esquire, Marie Claire, Electric Lit, Ms. magazine, Kirkus Reviews, Booklist In late August 1619, a ship arrived in the British colony of Virginia bearing a cargo of twenty to thirty enslaved people from Africa. Their arrival led to the barbaric and unprecedented system of American 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 source of so much that still defines the United States. The New York Times Magazine's award-winning 1619 Project issue reframed our understanding of American history by placing slavery and its continuing legacy at the center of our national narrative. This book substantially expands on that work, weaving together eighteen essays that explore the legacy of slavery in present-day America with thirty-six poems and works of fiction that illuminate key moments of oppression, struggle, and resistance. The essays show how the inheritance of 1619 reaches into every part of contemporary American society, from politics, music, diet, traffic, and citizenship to capitalism, religion, and our democracy itself. This book that speaks directly to our current moment, contextualizing the systems of race and caste within which we operate today. It reveals long-glossed-over truths around our nation's founding and construction--and the way that the legacy of slavery did not end with emancipation, but continues to shape contemporary American life. Featuring contributions from: Leslie Alexander and#x2022; Michelle Alexander and#x2022; Carol Anderson and#x2022; Joshua Bennett and#x2022; Reginald Dwayne Betts and#x2022; Jamelle Bouie and#x2022; Anthea Butler and#x2022; Matthew Desmond and#x2022; Rita Dove and#x2022; Camille T. Dungy and#x2022; Cornelius Eady and#x2022; Eve L. Ewing and#x2022; Nikky Finney and#x2022; Vievee Francis and#x2022; Yaa Gyasi and#x2022; Forrest Hamer and#x2022; Terrance Hayes and#x2022; Kimberly Annece Henderson and#x2022; Jeneen Interlandi and#x2022; Honorée Fanonne Jeffers and#x2022; Barry Jenkins and#x2022; Tyehimba Jess and#x2022; Martha S. Jones and#x2022; Robert Jones, Jr. and#x2022; A. Van Jordan and#x2022; Ibram X. Kendi and#x2022; Eddie Kendricks and#x2022; Yusef Komunyakaa and#x2022; Kevin M. Kruse and#x2022; Kiese Laymon and#x2022; Trymaine Lee and#x2022; Jasmine Mans and#x2022; Terry McMillan and#x2022; Tiya Miles and#x2022; Wesley Morris and#x2022; Khalil Gibran Muhammad and#x2022; Lynn Nottage and#x2022; ZZ Packer and#x2022; Gregory Pardlo and#x2022; Darryl Pinckney and#x2022; Claudia Rankine and#x2022; Jason Reynolds and#x2022; Dorothy Roberts and#x2022; Sonia Sanchez and#x2022; Tim Seibles and#x2022; Evie Shockley and#x2022; Clint Smith and#x2022; Danez Smith and#x2022; Patricia Smith and#x2022; Tracy K. Smith and#x2022; Bryan Stevenson and#x2022; Nafissa Thompson-Spires and#x2022; Natasha Trethewey and#x2022; Linda Villarosa and#x2022; Jesmyn Ward