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  • Slave auction site. Rural area with train tracks and power lines.

    'The 1619 Project' Continues: 12 Former Auction Sites Brought to Light

    Historian Anne C. Bailey: “To look at some of these images is to grasp how invisible some of American history’s most grievous wounds have become.”
    N. Jamiyla Chisholm Feb 14, 2020 4:14PM EST
    The 1619 Project. Dark stage with Black woman standing at red podium.

    The 1619 Project to Become Multi-Book Series

    The extensive project that marked the arrival of the first enslaved Africans in Virginia will be expanded into several books, including a graphic novel.

    N. Jamiyla Chisholm Nov 20, 2019 3:13PM EST
    "The 1619 Project." White text on a black background.

    The 1619 Project Centers the Enslaved, Rethinks Story of America

    “It aims to reframe the country’s history…placing the consequences of slavery and the contributions of Black Americans at the very center of the story we tell ourselves about who we are.”

    N. Jamiyla Chisholm Aug 14, 2019 1:05PM EDT
    Black woman with black hair in white sweater and shirt smiles while sitting on green chair in front of brown bookshelf with multicolored books

    How Tracy K. Smith Uses Poetry to Confront Racial Injustice

    The New York Times Magazine followed the U.S. poet laureate as she toured the South, using poetry to launch conversations about racism. 

    Sameer Rao Apr 12, 2018 12:58PM EDT
    Michelle Obama smiles at podium, wearing black and white dress

    READ: 4 Thank You Notes to Michelle Obama

    Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Rashida Jones and more published heartfelt letters to the First Lady for “changing the course of American History.”

    Kenrya Rankin Oct 17, 2016 11:43AM EDT
    Marilyn Mosby in grey pinstriped suit with white shirt underneath against multi-colored mural of Freddie Gray and grey street

    READ: Marilyn Mosby Discusses Freddie Gray Trial, Black Lives Matter in New Interview

    A new article from The New York Times Magazine investigates the forces that Mosby says stopped her from successfully prosecuting the officers implicated in Freddie Gray’s death.

    Sameer Rao Sep 28, 2016 4:25PM EDT

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