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Title
The 1619 project : a critique
Variant Title
Sixteen nineteen project : a critique|Sixteen hundred and nineteen project : a critique
Published
Great Barrington, MA : American Institute for Economic Research, 2020.
Description
141 p. ; 23 cm.
Call Number
326.973 M196 2020
System Control No.
(OCoLC)1183419884
Summary
"When I first weighed in upon the New York Times 1619 Project, I was struck by its conflicted messaging. Comprising an entire magazine feature and a sizable advertising budget, the newspaper's initiative conveyed a serious attempt to engage the public in an intellectual exchange about the history of slavery in the United States and its lingering harms to our social fabric ... the aim is to provide an accessible resource for readers wishing to navigate the scholarly disputes ..."--Back cover.|"The 1619 Project, a special issue of New York Times Magazine challenges us to reframe U.S. history by marking the year when the first enslaved Africans arrived on Virginia soil as our nation's foundational date, focusing the narrative of U.S. history on the consequences of slavery and the contributions of Black Americans. The issue contains essays on different aspects of contemporary American life, from mass incarceration to rush-hour traffic, that have their roots in slavery and its aftermath.|Includes bibliographic references and index.|L2020M46
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