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The Resource The 1619 Project : a new origin story, created by Nikole Hannah-Jones and The New York Times Magazine

The 1619 Project : a new origin story, created by Nikole Hannah-Jones and The New York Times Magazine

Label
The 1619 Project : a new origin story
Title
The 1619 Project
Title remainder
a new origin story
Statement of responsibility
created by Nikole Hannah-Jones and The New York Times Magazine
Contributor
Subject
Language
eng
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 culutre, from voting, housing and healthcare, 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 undersand its powerful influence on our present, can we prepare ourselves for a more just future"--
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Provided by publisher
Cataloging source
DLC
Dewey number
973
Illustrations
illustrations
Index
index present
LC call number
E441
LC item number
.A15 2021
Literary form
non fiction
http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorName
  • Hannah-Jones, Nikole
  • New York Times Company
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  • Slavery
  • African Americans
  • United States
  • United States
  • 1619 Project
Label
The 1619 Project : a new origin story, created by Nikole Hannah-Jones and The New York Times Magazine
Instantiates
Publication
Note
Includes index
Carrier category
volume
Carrier category code
  • nc
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
text
Content type code
  • txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Control code
on1250435664
Dimensions
24 cm
Edition
First edition.
Extent
xxxiii, 590 pages
Isbn
9780593230572
Lccn
2021019866
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n
Other physical details
illustrations
System control number
(OCoLC)1250435664
Label
The 1619 Project : a new origin story, created by Nikole Hannah-Jones and The New York Times Magazine
Publication
Note
Includes index
Carrier category
volume
Carrier category code
  • nc
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
text
Content type code
  • txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Control code
on1250435664
Dimensions
24 cm
Edition
First edition.
Extent
xxxiii, 590 pages
Isbn
9780593230572
Lccn
2021019866
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n
Other physical details
illustrations
System control number
(OCoLC)1250435664

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