This phenomal work of art has taken the wo rld by storm\, earning many accolades including an emmy for the docuseries adaptation! We are looking forward to you joining us for this powerful co nversation\, moderated by \;Well Read Black Girl \;Glory Edim.
\nA big thank you to our partners and co-hosts at the DC Public Library and the DC Public Library Foundation for your generous supporter of this event. \;
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\nIn late August 1619\, a ship arrived in the B ritish colony of Virginia bearing a cargo of twenty to thirty enslaved peo ple from Africa. Their arrival led to the barbaric and unprecedented syste m of American chattel slavery that would last for the next 250 years. This is sometimes referred to as the country&rsquo\;s original sin\, but it is more than that: It is the source of so much that still defines the United States.
\nThe New York Times Magazine&rsquo\;s award-winning 1619 P roject issue reframed our understanding of American history by placing sla very and its continuing legacy at the center of our national narrative. Th is book substantially expands on that work\, weaving together eighteen ess ays that explore the legacy of slavery in present-day America with thirty- six poems and works of fiction that illuminate key moments of oppression\, struggle\, and resistance. The essays show how the inheritance of 1619 re aches into every part of contemporary American society\, from politics\, m usic\, diet\, traffic\, and citizenship to capitalism\, religion\, and our democracy itself.
\nThis book that speaks directly to our current m oment\, contextualizing the systems of race and caste within which we oper ate today. It reveals long-glossed-over truths around our nation&rsquo\;s founding and construction&mdash\;and the way that the legacy of slavery di d not end with emancipation\, but continues to shape contemporary American life.
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Nikole Hannah-Jones \ ;is the Pulitzer Prize-winning creator of the \;1619 Project \;and a staff writer at The New York Times Magazine. The book version of \; The 1619 Project \;as well as the \;1619 Project \;children's book\, \;Born on the Water\, \;were instant #1 New York Times best sellers. Her1619 Project \;is now a six-part docuseries on Hulu and wo n the Emmy for Outstanding Documentary or Nonfiction Series.
\nHanna h-Jones has spent her career investigating racial inequality and injustice \, and her reporting has earned her the MacArthur Fellowship\, known as th e Genius grant\, a Peabody Award\, two George Polk Awards and the National Magazine Award three times.
\nShe also serves as the Knight Chair o f Race and Journalism at Howard University\, where she founded the Center for Journalism &\; Democracy. Hannah-Jones is also the co-founder of th e Ida B. Wells Society for Investigative Reporting\, which seeks to increa se the number of investigative reporters and editors of color\, and in 202 2 she opened the 1619 Freedom School\, a free\, afterschool literacy progr am in her hometown of Waterloo\, Iowa. Hannah-Jones holds a Master of Arts in Mass Communication from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hil l and earned her Bachelor of Arts in History and African-American studies from the University of Notre Dame.
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\nGlory Edim \;is an author\, activist\, and the founder of Well-Read Black Girl\, a nationwide book club-turned-literacy non-profit that celebrates the life changing power of literature. Well-Rea d Black Girl&rsquo\;s mission is to use literature as a tool for advocacy and collective empowerment. Her best-selling anthology\, \;Well-Read B lack Girl: Finding Our Stories\, Discovering Ourselves\, was published by Penguin Random House in 2018. Her memoir\, \;Gather Me\, explores the intimate relationship between reading and self-healing. It's currently ava ilable for preorder and debuts October 2024. She resides in Washington D.C .
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