This year marked 400 years since the first ship of African slaves landed in America.
1619 was originally meant to be a one-off special issue of The New York Times, released in August, to examine the legacy of slavery in the US but such was the depth of research and interest it grew to become an expanded project across their newspaper and website.
The 1619 Project is a major initiative from The New York Times observing the 400th anniversary of the beginning of American slavery. It aims to reframe the country’s history, understanding 1619 as our true founding, and 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.
Articles, essays, poems and more have been published, exploring different aspects of the 250 years of slavery in the US and its remnants but perhaps 1619’s most engrossing medium has been its podcast.
The six-part podcast of the same…
