#1NEWYORKTIMESBESTSELLER-NAACPIMAGEAWARDWINNER-Adramaticexpansionofagroundbreakingworkofjournalism,The1619Project:ANewOriginStoryoffersaprofoundlyrevealingvisionoftheAmericanpastandpresent.“[A]groundbreakingcompendium...bracingandurgent...Thiscollectionisanextraordinaryupdatetoanongoingprojectofvitaltruth-telling.“--EsquireNOWANEMMY-NOMINATEDHULUORIGINALDOCUSERIES-FINALISTFORTHEKIRKUSPRIZE-ONEOFTHEBESTBOOKSOFTHEYEAR:TheWashingtonPost,NPR,Esquire,MarieClaire,ElectricLit,Ms.magazine,KirkusReviews,BooklistInlateAugust1619,ashiparrivedintheBritishcolonyofVirginiabearingacargooftwentytothirtyenslavedpeoplefromAfrica.TheirarrivalledtothebarbaricandunprecedentedsystemofAmericanchattelslaverythatwouldlastforthenext250years.Thisissometimesreferredtoasthecountry’soriginalsin,butitismorethanthat:ItisthesourceofsomuchthatstilldefinestheUnitedStates.TheNewYorkTimesMagazine’saward-winning1619ProjectissuereframedourunderstandingofAmericanhistorybyplacingslaveryanditscontinuinglegacyatthecenterofournationalnarrative.Thisbooksubstantiallyexpandsonthatwork,weavingtogethereighteenessaysthatexplorethelegacyofslaveryinpresent-dayAmericawiththirty-sixpoemsandworksoffictionthatilluminatekeymomentsofoppression,struggle,andresistance.Theessaysshowhowtheinheritanceof1619reachesintoeverypartofcontemporaryAmericansociety,frompolitics,music,diet,traffic,andcitizenshiptocapitalism,religion,andourdemocracyitself.Thisbookthatspeaksdirectlytoourcurrentmoment,contextualizingthesystemsofraceandcastewithinwhichweoperatetoday.Itrevealslong-glossed-overtruthsaroundournation’sfoundingandconstruction--andthewaythatthelegacyofslaverydidnotendwithemancipation,butcontinuestoshapecontemporaryAmericanlife.Featuringcontributionsfrom:LeslieAlexander-MichelleAlexander-CarolAnderson-JoshuaBennett-ReginaldDwayneBetts-JamelleBouie-AntheaButler-MatthewDesmond-RitaDove-CamilleT.Dungy-CorneliusEady-EveL.Ewing-NikkyFinney-VieveeFrancis-YaaGyasi-ForrestHamer-TerranceHayes-KimberlyAnneceHenderson-JeneenInterlandi-Honor矇eFanonneJeffers-BarryJenkins-TyehimbaJess-MarthaS.Jones-RobertJones,Jr.-A.VanJordan-IbramX.Kendi-EddieKendricks-YusefKomunyakaa-KevinM.Kruse-KieseLaymon-TrymaineLee-JasmineMans-TerryMcMillan-TiyaMiles-WesleyMorris-KhalilGibranMuhammad-LynnNottage-ZZPacker-GregoryPardlo-DarrylPinckney-ClaudiaRankine-JasonReynolds-DorothyRoberts-SoniaSanchez-TimSeibles-EvieShockley-ClintSmith-DanezSmith-PatriciaSmith-TracyK.Smith-BryanStevenson-NafissaThompson-Spires-NatashaTrethewey-LindaVillarosa-JesmynWard
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