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1619 Project from The New York Times & Nikole Hannah-Jones

The New York Times Magazine Interactive website: The 1619 Project
The 1619 Project is an ongoing initiative from The New York Times Magazine that began in August 2019, the 400th anniversary of the beginning of American slavery. It aims to reframe the country’s history by placing the consequences of slavery and the contributions of black Americans at the very center of our national narrative.
Link to the New York Times Magazine special issue The 1919 Project from Purdue Libraries
View the PDF of the original layout of the 1619 Project, a special issue of the New York Times Magazine from August 18, 2019
Listen to ‘1619,’ a Podcast From The New York Times
An audio series on how slavery has transformed America, connecting past and present through the oldest form of storytelling.
1619 Project Podcast on Apple Podcasts
Listen to the podcast from Apple Podcasts.
In August of 1619, a ship carrying more than 20 enslaved Africans arrived in the English colony of Virginia. America was not yet America, but this was the moment it began. No aspect of the country that would be formed here has been untouched by the 250 years of slavery that followed. On the 400th anniversary of this fateful moment, it is time to tell the story.

Books in the BCC Library

The 1619 Project: a new origin story / created by Nikole Hannah-Jones and The New York Times Magazine by Nikole Hannah-Jones (Created by); The New The New York Times Magazine (Created by); Caitlin Roper (Editor); Ilena Silverman (Editor); Jake Silverstein (Editor)
Call Number: (BCC) E441 .A15 2021
Publication Date: 2021
#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * NAACP IMAGE AWARD WINNER * 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. ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR: The Washington Post, NPR, Esquire, Marie Claire, Electric Lit, Ms. magazine, Kirkus Reviews, Booklist
The 1619 Project: Born on the Water by Nikole Hannah-Jones; Renée Watson; Nikkolas Smith (Illustrator)
Call Number: (BCC) Juvenile Collection: PZ7.1.H36378 Bo 2021
Publication Date: 2021
The 1619 Project's lyrical picture book in verse chronicles the consequences of slavery and the history of Black resistance in the United States, thoughtfully rendered by Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Nikole Hannah-Jones and Newbery honor-winning author Renée Watson.
How the Word Is Passed: a reckoning with the history of slavery across America by Clint Smith
Call Number: (BCC) E441 .S654 2021
Publication Date: 2021
This compelling #1 New York Times bestseller examines the legacy of slavery in America--and how both history and memory continue to shape our everyday lives. Beginning in his hometown of New Orleans, Clint Smith leads the reader on an unforgettable tour of monuments and landmarks--those that are honest about the past and those that are not--that offer an intergenerational story of how slavery has been central in shaping our nation's collective history, and ourselves.

A contributor to the 1619 Project, Clint Smith is a staff writer at The Atlantic.

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1619 Project from The New York Times & Nikole Hannah-Jones

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