1619 Project

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• 9/15/19
  

  How the Kikotan Massacre Prepared the Ground for the Arrival of the First Africans in 1619

  by Gregory D. Smithers

  English (and ultimately, United States) colonialism was (and is) built not only with the labor of stolen bodies from Africa, but the stolen lands of Native Americans.

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• 9/1/19
  

  Why Conservatives Are So Upset About the 1619 Project

  by Adam Bruno

  Conservative pundits conceive of the past as determined by the actions of “great men,” defined by heroic and noble acts of patriotism from its citizens, and generally memorable for its unifying moments not its shameful ones. The 1619 Project counters all these notions. 

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• SOURCE: The Conversation
  8/23/19
  

  Setting the historical record straight for the critics of The New York Times project on slavery in America

  by Kelley Fanto Deetz

  Conservative characterizations oversimplify the complex history of the slave trade and discourage important conversations about, and an understanding of, American history. 

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• SOURCE: NY Times
  8/14/19
  

  America holds onto an undemocratic assumption from its founding: that some people deserve more power than others.

  by Jamelle Bouie

  Featuring the work of historian Manisha Sinha. 

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• SOURCE: Slate
  8/20/19
  

  A Brief History of the History Wars

  by Rebecca Onion

  Conservative uproar over the New York Times’ 1619 Project is just the most recent clash in a decades-old battle over how we should understand American history.

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• SOURCE: NY Times
  8/14/19
  

  Our democracy’s founding ideals were false when they were written. Black Americans have fought to make them true.

  by Nikole Hannah-Jones

  Without the idealistic, strenuous and patriotic efforts of black Americans, our democracy today would most likely look very different — it might not be a democracy at all.

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• SOURCE: The Atlantic
  8/20/19
  

  The Hopefulness and Hopelessness of 1619

  by Ibram X. Kendi

  Marking the 400-year African American struggle to survive and to be free of racism.

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• SOURCE: PBS News Hour
  8/18/19
  

  Video of the Week: The 1619 Project details the legacy of slavery in America

  To observe the anniversary of American slavery, The New York Times Magazine launched The 1619 Project to reframe America’s history through the lens of slavery. The project lead, reporter Nikole Hannah-Jones, joins Hari Sreenivasan to discuss.