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The 1619 project : a new origin story / edited by Nikole Hannah-Jones, Caitlin Roper, Ilena Silverman, and Jake Silverstein.
Part of the ongoing initiative from The New York times magazine that began on the 400th anniversary of the beginning of American slavery reimagines if our national narrative actually started in late August of 1619, when a ship arrived in Jamestown bearing a cargo of 20-30 enslaved people from Africa.
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- ISBN: 9780593501719
- ISBN: 0593501713
- Physical Description: xlix, 983 pages (large print) : illustrations ; 24 cm
- Edition: First large print edition.
- Publisher: New York : Random House Large Print, [2021]
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| Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 767-910) and index. |
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| Subject: | 1619 Project. Slavery > Political aspects > United States > History. African Americans > History. United States > Race relations. United States > Civilization. |
| Genre: | Large print books. |
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Table of Contents
The 1619 Project : A New Origin Story
| Section | Section Description | Page Number |
|---|---|---|
| Preface Origins Nikole Hannah-Jones | p. xix | |
| 1619 The White Lion Poem by Claudia Rankine | p. 3 | |
| Chapter 1 | Democracy Nikole Hannah-Jones | p. 7 |
| 1662 Daughters of Azimuth Poem by Nikky Finney | p. 63 | |
| 1682 Loving Me Poem by Vievee Francis | p. 69 | |
| Chapter 2 | Race Dorothy Roberts | p. 71 |
| 1731 Conjured Poem by Honorée Fanonne Jeffers | p. 101 | |
| 1740 A Ghazallad Sentence After "My People ... Hold On" by Eddie Kendricks and the Negro Act of 1740 Poem by Terrance Hayes | p. 105 | |
| Chapter 3 | Sugar Khalil Gibran Muhammad | p. 109 |
| 1770 First to Rise Poem by Yusef Komunyakaa | p. 141 | |
| 1773 Proof [dear Phillis] Poem by Eve L. Ewing | p. 145 | |
| Chapter 4 | Fear Leslie Alexander and Michelle Alexander | p. 149 |
| 1775 Freedom Is Not for Myself Alone Fiction by Robert Jones, Jr. | p. 197 | |
| 1791 Other Persons Poem by Reginald Dwayne Betts | p. 203 | |
| Chapter 5 | Dispossession Tiya Miles | p. 211 |
| 1800 Trouble the Water Fiction by Barry Jenkins | p. 251 | |
| 1808 Sold South Fiction by Jesmyn Ward | p. 255 | |
| Chapter 6 | Capitalism Matthew Desmond | p. 259 |
| 1816 Fort Mose Poem and Tyehimba Jess | p. 299 | |
| 1822 Before His Execution Poem by Tim Seibles | p. 303 | |
| Chapter 7 | Politics Jamelle Bouie | p. 307 |
| 1830 We as People Poem by Cornelius Eady | p. 333 | |
| 1850 A Letter to Harriet Hayden Monologue by Lynn Nottage | p. 337 | |
| Chapter 8 | Citizenship Martha S. Jones | p. 343 |
| 1863 The Camp Fiction by Darryl Pinckney | p. 377 | |
| 1866 An Absolute Massacre Fiction by ZZ Packer | p. 385 | |
| Chapter 9 | Self-Defense Carol Anderson | p. 389 |
| 1870 Like to the Rushing of a Mighty Wind Poem by Tracy K. Smith | p. 423 | |
| 1883 No car for colored [+] ladies (or, miss wells goes off [on] the rails) Poem by Evie Shockley | p. 427 | |
| Chapter 10 | Punishment Bryan Stevenson | p. 431 |
| 1898 Race Riot Poem by Forrest Hamer | p. 447 | |
| 1921 Greenwood Poem by Jasmine Mans | p. 451 | |
| Chapter 11 | Inheritance Trymaine Lee | p. 457 |
| 1925 The New Negro Poem by A. Van Jordan | p. 481 | |
| 1932 Bad Blood Fiction by Yaa Gyasi | p. 485 | |
| Chapter 12 | Medicine Linda Villarosa | p. 489 |
| 1955 1955 Poem by Danez Smith | p. 505 | |
| 1960 From Behind the Counter Fiction by Terry McMillan | p. 509 | |
| Chapter 13 | Church Anthea Butler | p. 517 |
| 1963 Youth Sunday Poem by Rita Dove | p. 553 | |
| 1963 On "Brevity" Poem by Camille T. Dungy | p. 554 | |
| Chapter 14 | Music Wesley Morris | p. 557 |
| 1965 Quotidian Poem by Natasha Trethewey | p. 597 | |
| 1966 The Panther Is a Virtual Animal Poem by Joshua Bennett | p. 601 | |
| Chapter 15 | Healthcare Jeneen Interlandi | p. 605 |
| 1972 Unbought, Unbossed, Unbothered Fiction by Nafissa Thompson-Spires | p. 621 | |
| 1974 Crazy When You Smile Poem by Patricia Smith | p. 627 | |
| Chapter 16 | Traffic Kevin M. Kruse | p. 631 |
| 1984 Rainbows Aren't Real, Are They? Fiction by Kiese Laymon | p. 641 | |
| 1985 A Surname to Honor Their Mother Poem by Gregory Pardlo | p. 645 | |
| Chapter 17 | Progress Ibram X. Kendi | p. 651 |
| 2005 At the Superdome After the Storm Has Passed Poem by Clint Smith | p. 687 | |
| 2008 Mother and Son Fiction by Jason Reynolds | p. 691 | |
| Chapter 18 | Justice Nikole Hannah-Jones | p. 695 |
| 2020 Progress Report Poem by Sonia Sanchez | p. 743 | |
| Acknowledgments | p. 747 | |
| Notes | p. 767 | |
| Contributors | p. 911 | |
| Credits | p. 931 | |
| Index | p. 937 |
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