The 1619 Project
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What’s it about?
A radical reframing of American history, placing the arrival of the first enslaved Africans in 1619 at the center of the nation's story, arguing that slavery and its legacy define America's core contradictions.
You’ll learn
- America's founding ideals were built on slavery
- Slavery shaped US capitalism and democracy
- Black Americans are the true architects of freedom
- Racial inequality is a direct result of policy