The Root Presents: It's Lit! Honors Four Hundred Souls With Ibram X. Kendi and Keisha N. Blain
It’s been just over 400 years since the unintentional founding of Black America—when “20 or so odd Negroes” in captivity were delivered to the shores of Jamestown, Virginia in 1619. In the intervening centuries, much—and yet, not enough—has changed. This much-needed conversation was only brought into its full historical context at the national (and even global) level with 2019's Pulitzer Prize-winning 1619 Project for the New York Times; but just like the arrival of those enslaved Africans, that was only the beginning. Advertisement Accordingly, the recently published Four Hundr...
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