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The 1619 Project is a long-form journalistic revisionist historiographical work that takes a critical view of traditionally revered figures and events in American history, including the Patriots in the American Revolution, the Founding Fathers, along with Abraham Lincoln and the Union during the Civil War. [1][2][3][4] It was developed by Nikole...
Aug 14, 2019 · In August of 1619, a ship appeared on this horizon, near Point Comfort, a coastal port in the English colony of Virginia. It carried more than 20 enslaved Africans, who were sold to the...
The 1619 Project, a celebrated and controversial multimedia journalism series that reframes U.S. history around African American experiences, particularly slavery and its legacy in contemporary American life.
Nov 9, 2021 · The 1619 Project made the provocative case that the start of the African presence in the English North American colonies could be considered the moment of inception of the United States of...
Dec 20, 2019 · The 1619 Project began with the publication, in August 2019, of a special issue of The New York Times Magazine containing essays on different aspects of contemporary American life, from mass...
Jan 24, 2023 · The 1619 Project set out to challenge historical narratives and reframe U.S. history by examining the 400-year legacy of slavery—and by making explicit how slavery is the foundation on which the...
The 1619 Project: With Nikole Hannah-Jones. Connects the centrality of slavery in history with an unflinching account of brutal racism that endures in so many aspects of American life today.
Four hundred years ago, on August 20, 1619, a ship carrying about 20 enslaved Africans arrived in Point Comfort, a coastal port in the British colony of Virginia.
Nov 17, 2021 · Among the things she learned was the date 1619, significant because it's the year that the White Lion, the first ship carrying enslaved Africans, arrived in the British colony of Virginia — one...
The 1619 Project launched in August 2019 with a special issue of The New York Times Magazine, including essays and creative works by journalists, historians, and artists. The project illuminates the legacy of slavery in the contemporary United States, and highlights the contributions of Black Americans to every aspect of American society.
