One critical time period in American history was the era of slavery, the foundation of the systemic racism that persists to this day and is the subject of the Pulitzer Prize-winning 1619 Project. As ...

The Times' 1619 Project director Nikole Hannah-Jones now argues that 1619 wasn't the "true founding" of America. Stefan Jeremiah Not content with aiming to rewrite American history with its 1619 ...

On Thursday, President Trump gave a provocative speech about the teaching of American history, slamming the prize-winning 1619 Project and promoting a new strategy of “patriot education.” Trump’s ...

“We segregate our history. We teach American history and African American history as if the two aren’t intertwined,” says “The 1619 Project” Creator Nikole Hannah-Jones. “We want to treat it as an ...

Angela landed in the Virginia Colony in the sweltering summer of 1619, after being brutally snatched from her native Africa. Along with other Africans, she was held captive in the bowels of a boat ...

This story about Nikole Hannah-Jones and “The 1619 Project” first appeared in The Race Begins issue of TheWrap’s awards magazine. In 2019, The New York Times debuted “The 1619 Project,” a series of ...

Nikole Hannah-Jones says the contributions of Black people are often left out of the American story. Her mission is to reframe U.S. history... '1619 Project' journalist says Black people shouldn't be ...

MSU's Institute for the Humanities is hosting a virtual event "From 1619 to 1776: How do we frame American history?” on its Facebook page! March 16, 3:30 p.m. Topic: How American history is taught, ...

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They intend to fundamentally change America’s historical narrative away from events and circumstances that made our country the world’s beacon of hope for freedom and representative government. They ...

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