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1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER 8226NAACP
IMAGE AWARD WINNER 8226A dramatic expansion of a
groundbreaking work of journalism, The 1619
Project A New Origin Story offers a profoundly
revealing vision of the American past and
present.8220A groundbreaking compendium . . .
bracing and urgent . . . This collection is
an extraordinary update to an ongoing project of
vital truth- telling.82218212EsquireNOWAN
EMMY-WINNING HULU ORIGINAL DOCUSERIES
8226FINALIST FOR THE KIRKUS PRIZE 8226ONE OF
THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR The Washington Post,
NPR, Esquire, Marie Claire, Electric Lit, Ms.
magazine, Kirkus Reviews, BooklistIn late August
1619, a ship arrived in the British colony of
Virginia bearing a cargo of twenty to thirty
enslaved people from Africa. Their arrival led to
the barbaric and unprecedented system of American
chattel slavery that would last for the next 250
years. This is sometimes referred to as the
country8217soriginal sin, but it is more than
that It is the source of so much that
still defines the United States.The New York
Times Magazine8217saward-winning 1619 Project
issue reframed our understanding of American
history by placing slavery and its continuing
legacy at the center of our national
narrative. This book substantially expands on
that work, weaving together eighteen essays that
explore the legacy of slavery in present-day
America with thirty-six poems and works of
fiction that illuminate key moments of
oppression, struggle, and resistance. The essays
show how the inheritance of 1619 reaches into
every part of contemporary American society, from
politics, music, diet, traffic, and citizenship
to capitalism, religion, and our democracy
itself.This book that speaks directly to our
current moment, contextualizing the systems of
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race and caste within which we operate today. It
reveals long- glossed-over truths around our
nation8217sfounding and construction8212an
the way that the legacy of slavery did not end
with emancipation, but continues to
shape contemporary American life.Featuring
contributions from Leslie Alexander
8226Michelle Alexander 8226Carol Anderson
8226Joshua Bennett 8226Reginald Dwayne Betts
8226Jamelle Bouie 8226Anthea
Butler 8226Matthew Desmond 8226Rita Dove
8226Camille T. Dungy 8226Cornelius Eady
8226Eve L. Ewing 8226Nikky Finney
8226Vievee Francis 8226Yaa Gyasi 8226Forrest
Hamer 8226Terrance Hayes 8226Kimberly Annece
Henderson 8226Jeneen Interlandi 8226Honor233
eFanonne Jeffers 8226Barry Jenkins 8226Tyehimb
a Jess 8226Martha S. Jones 8226Robert Jones,
Jr. 8226A. Van Jordan 8226Ibram X. Kendi
8226Eddie Kendricks 8226Yusef
Komunyakaa 8226Kevin M. Kruse 8226Kiese
Laymon 8226Trymaine Lee 8226Jasmine Mans
8226Terry McMillan 8226Tiya Miles
8226Wesley Morris 8226Khalil Gibran Muhammad
8226Lynn Nottage 8226ZZ Packer 8226Gregory
Pardlo 8226Darryl Pinckney 8226Claudia
Rankine 8226Jason Reynolds 8226Dorothy
Roberts 8226Sonia Sanchez 8226Tim Seibles
8226Evie Shockley 8226Clint Smith 8226Danez
Smith 8226Patricia Smith 8226Tracy K. Smith
8226Bryan Stevenson 8226Nafissa
Thompson- Spires 8226Natasha Trethewey
8226Linda Villarosa 8226Jesmyn Ward
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