04231cam a2200541 i 4500 117224 117224 BJBSDDR 20230411090830.0 ta 210510s2021 nyua b 001 0 eng 9780593230572 0593230574 DLC eng DLC eng pcc n-us--- 002 E 441 S625 2021 973 The 1619 Project : a new origin story / edited by Nikole Hannah-Jones, Caitlin Roper, Ilena Silverman, and Jake Silverstein. Sixteen Hundred Nineteen Project Sixteen Nineteen Project First edition. New York : One World, 2021. xxxiii, 590 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 24 cm text txt rdacontent unmediated n rdamedia volume nc rdacarrier "Created by Nikole Hannah-Jones, winner of the Pulitzer Prize, & The New York Times magazine"--Book jacket. Includes bibliographical references and index. "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"-- Provided by publisher. 1619 Project. Slavery Political aspects United States History. Esclavitud Aspectos políticos Estados Unidos 10200 African-Americans United States History. Afroamericanos Estados Unidos Historia 3304 United States Race relations. Estados Unidos Relaciones raciales 705 United States Civilization. Estados Unidos Civilización 2136 Hannah-Jones, Nikole Sheri, 1976- editora 25416 Roper, Caitlin editora 26453 Silverman, Ilena editora 26454 Silverstein, Jake, 1975- editor. 26455 New York Times Company 26456 Online version: 1619 Project First edition. New York : One World, [2021] 9780593230589 (DLC) 2021019867 7 cbc orignew 1 ecip 20 y-gencatlg lcc BK 0 0 0 0 RR BJB BJB RR 2022-10-05 0 002 E 441 S625 2021 00000164976 2022-10-05 00:00:00 1 2022-10-05 BK