Impeachment
The 1619 Project
From the removal of confederate monuments, to Major League Baseball admittance of the Negro Leagues into the sport’s official record book, to the President-Elect making racial equity one of the pillars of his upcoming administration, these actions owe a debt to the 1619 Project. If nothing else, it forced recognition of a complete “warts and all” re-telling of American history.
Journalist Nikole Hannah-Jones came up with the idea for The New York Times’ 1619 Project, a groundbreaking re-examination of the role slavery played in the British colonies, later the United States. Especially the centrality of slavery to the growth of American capitalism. It is a seldom told story of how wealth was accumulated and general prosperity spread throughout the newly formed country, founded on freedom, by the enslavement of Africans.
Impeachment
The 1619 Project
From the removal of confederate monuments, to Major League Baseball admittance of the Negro Leagues into the sport’s official record book, to the President-Elect making racial equity one of the pillars of his upcoming administration, these actions owe a debt to the 1619 Project. If nothing else, it forced recognition of a complete “warts and all” re-telling of American history.
Journalist Nikole Hannah-Jones came up with the idea for The New York Times’ 1619 Project, a groundbreaking re-examination of the role slavery played in the British colonies, later the United States. Especially the centrality of slavery to the growth of American capitalism. It is a seldom told story of how wealth was accumulated and general prosperity spread throughout the newly formed country, founded on freedom, by the enslavement of Africans.