The 1619 Project Podcast
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The 1619 Project Podcast
Nikole Hannah-Jones / The New York Times · 2019
The audio companion to the landmark journalism project that reframes American history by placing the consequences of slavery and the contributions of Black Americans at the center of the national narrative.
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12 Years a Slave
Steve McQueen · 2013
Based on Solomon Northup's 1853 memoir, this Oscar-winning film offers an unflinching depiction of American slavery and the brutal dehumanization of enslaved people.
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13th
Ava DuVernay · 2016
Examines the intersection of race, justice, and mass incarceration in the United States, tracing the loophole in the 13th Amendment that allowed involuntary servitude to continue.
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1619
Nikole Hannah-Jones · 2019
The Pulitzer Prize-winning magazine project that reexamines the founding of the United States by centering the year 1619, when the first enslaved Africans arrived in Virginia.
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Sam Cooke · 1964
Cooke's soul classic became a rallying cry of the civil rights movement, expressing hope and resilience in the face of racial injustice — often called the greatest civil rights song ever written.
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Lorraine Hansberry · 1959
The first play by a Black woman on Broadway, it follows the Younger family's dreams and struggles in 1950s Chicago, confronting housing discrimination and Black aspiration.
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W. E. B. Du Bois and Thomas J. Calloway / 1900 Paris Exposition photographs · 1900
The photographs assembled for the 1900 Paris Exposition documented Black education, institutions, occupations, family life, and achievement for an international audience. They are unusually valuable for studying how Black communities represented themselves beyond the United States.
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