Project 1619 new york times. Since then the projecta historical analysis of how slavery. A new audio series from the new york times examines the long shadow. It aims to reframe.
Introducing 1619 four hundred years ago a ship carrying enslaved africans arrived in the english colony of virginia. The 1619 project is an ongoing project developed by the new york times magazine in 2019 with the goal of reframing american history around slavery and the contributions of african americans. In 1776 the nation was founded on the ideal of democracy.
W hen the new york times magazine published its 1619 project in august people lined up on the street in new york city to get copies. What the 1619 project asked us to do was to dial that beginning date back to 1619 the year the first african slaves were deposited on the shore of what was then the english colony of virginia. The new york times magazines 1619 project takes a hard look at the american paradox of freedom and slavery cnn.
The project was timed for the 400th anniversary of the arrival of the first enslaved africans in the virginia colony in 1619 and suggests that this date represents the nations birth year. The 1619 projectthe 1619 project is an ongoing initiative from the new york times magazine that began in august 2019 the 400th anniversary of the beginning of american slavery. Although the exchanges that followed.
Since the new york times introduced its 1619 project last summer the paper has touched off a series of debates about the role of slavery in american history.