- **#1
- NEW
- YORK
- TIMES
- BESTSELLER
- A
- dramatic
- expansion
- of
- a
- groundbreaking
- work
- of
- journalism,
- The
- 1619
- Project:
- A
- New
- American
- Origin
- Story
- offers
- a
- profoundly
- revealing
- vision
- of
- the
- American
- past
- and
- present.ONE
- OF
- THE
- BEST
- BOOKS
- OF
- THE
- YEAR:
- The
- Washington
- Post,
- NPR,
- Esquire,
- Marie
- Claire,
- Electric
- Lit,
- Ms.
- magazine,
- Kirkus
- Reviews,
- Booklist**In
- 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
- country's
- original
- sin,
- but
- it
- is
- more
- than
- that:
- It
- is
- the
- source
- of
- so
- much
- that
- still
- defines
- the
- United
- States.The
- New
- York
- Times
- Magazine's
- award-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
- new
- 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
- is
- a
- book
- that
- speaks
- directly
- to
- our
- current
- moment,
- contextualizing
- the
- systems
- of
- race
- and
- caste
- within
- which
- we
- operate
- today.
- It
- reveals
- long-glossed-over
- truths
- around
- our
- nation's
- founding
- and
- construction-and
- the
- way
- that
- the
- legacy
- of
- slavery
- did
- not
- end
- with
- emancipation,
- but
- continues
- to
- shape
- contemporary
- American
- life.Featuring
- contributions
- from:
- Leslie
- Alexander
- Michelle
- Alexander
- Carol
- Anderson
- Joshua
- Bennett
- Reginald
- Dwayne
- Betts
- Jamelle
- Bouie
- Anthea
- Butler
- Matthew
- Desmond
- Rita
- Dove
- Camille
- Dungy
- Cornelius
- Eady
- Eve
- L.
- Ewing
- Nikky
- Finney
- Vievee
- Francis
- Yaa
- Gyasi
- Forrest
- Hamer
- Terrance
- Hayes
- Kimberly
- Annece
- Henderson
- Jeneen
- Interlandi
- Honorée
- Fanonne
- Jeffers
- Barry
- Jenkins
- Tyehimba
- Jess
- Martha
- S.
- Jones
- Robert
- Jones,
- Jr.
- A.
- Van
- Jordan
- Ibram
- X.
- Kendi
- Eddie
- Kendricks
- Yusef
- Komunyakaa
- Kevin
- Kruse
- Kiese
- Laymon
- Trymaine
- Lee
- Jasmine
- Mans
- Terry
- McMillan
- Tiya
- Miles
- Wesley
- Morris
- Khalil
- Gibran
- Muhammad
- Lynn
- Nottage
- ZZ
- Packer
- Gregory
- Pardlo
- Darryl
- Pinckney
- Claudia
- Rankine
- Jason
- Reynolds
- Dorothy
- Roberts
- Sonia
- Sanchez
- Tim
- Seibles
- Evie
- Shockley
- Clint
- Smith
- Danez
- Smith
- Patricia
- Smith
- Tracy
- K.
- Smith
- Bryan
- Stevenson
- Nafissa
- Thompson-Spires
- Natasha
- Trethewey
- Linda
- Villarosa
- Jesmyn Ward
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