The 1619 Project (New York Times)
The 1619 Project is an initiative from The New York Times observing the 400th anniversary of the beginning of American slavery. It was originally published as an interactive website and an August 18, 2019 special issue of the New York Times Magazine.
- The 1619 Project (New York Times Magazine interactive site)
The full interactive website of the 1619 Project. - The 1619 Project (Pulitzer Center)
Full pdf of the August 18, 2019 New York Times Magazine, including advertisements, and cover art. The Pulitzer Center also produced free resources about the project, including videos of some authors reading their material, and curricular material. - The 1619 Project, New York Times (ProQuest)
Available both as a PDF with images, and all textual content from The 1619 Project (New York Times). Use the Table of Contents to browse more efficiently.
The 1619 Project by Call Number: Carleton Library Books (E441 .A15 2021) and ONLINEISBN: 9780593230572Publication Date: 2021-11-16Preface: Origins / by Nikole Hannah-Jones -- Democracy / by Nikole Hannah-Jones -- Race / by Dorothy Roberts -- Sugar / by Khalil Gibran Muhammad -- Fear / by Leslie Alexander and Michelle Alexander -- Dispossession / by Tiya Miles -- Capitalism / by Matthew Desmond -- Politics / by Jamelle Bouie -- Citizenship / by Martha S. Jones -- Self-defense / by Carol Anderson -- Punishment / by Bryan Stevenson -- Inheritance / by Trymaine Lee -- Medicine / by Linda Villarosa -- Church / by Anthea Butler -- Music / by Wesley Morris -- Healthcare / by Jeneen Interlandi -- Traffic / by Kevin M. Kruse -- Progress / by Ibram X. Kendi -- Justice / by Nikole Hannah-Jones.
Podcasts
- Seizing Freedom from VPMThe story of the end of the Civil War you've probably been taught is that the slaves were freed by Northern white men (and maybe a handful of famous Underground Railroad conductors). What's missing? The story of how Black Americans risked their lives to fight for their own visions of what freedom could be—struggling for their dignity in the face of horrific violence. Seizing Freedom tells the stories of these unsung American heroes.
- White Lies from NPRIn 1965, Rev. James Reeb was murdered in Selma, Alabama. Three men were tried and acquitted, but no one was ever held to account. Fifty years later, two journalists from Alabama return to the city where it happened, expose the lies that kept the murder from being solved and uncover a story about guilt and memory that says as much about America today as it does about the past.
