The 1619 Project

A powerful and poignant piece from The New York Times, The 1619 Project delves into the earliest days of slavery in America and how this shaped and still affects society today. We encourage you to use the links below to read or watch more.

The goal of The 1619 Project, a major initiative from The New York Times that this issue of the magazine inaugurates, is to reframe American history by considering what it would mean to regard 1619 as our nation’s birth year. Doing so requires us to place the consequences of slavery and the contributions of black Americans at the very center of the story we tell ourselves about who we are as a country. ​