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The #1619Project published online today and it is my profound hope that we will reframe for our readers the way we understand our nation, the legacy of slavery, and most importantly, the unparalleled role black people have played in this democracy. nytimes.com/interactive/20…
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The conceit of the magazine is that nothing about modern American life has been left untouched by the colonists' decision to purchase that first group of enslaved Africans, that the year 1619 is as important to the American story as the year 1776.
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Ida Bae Wells
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The #1619Project is at one one of the most profoundly beautiful things I have ever seen, & also one of the most devastating. The arguments, meticulously researched, powerfully argued, make what to me is an irrefutable case that it's time to rewrite our narrative & tell the truth.
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Ida Bae Wells
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The contributors page tells a powerful story. Black writers, black poets, black photographers, original works from black artists. We are the descendants who are here to set the record straight. pic.twitter.com/qudl5CukS2
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And the design is haunting and beautiful. You will need time with this. It will be hard and crushing and uncomfortable. It has been 400 years. So, this is how it must be.
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ClaudiaC
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How fabulous! Where do we get it? And hooray!! This information is in silos where good people cannot find it. The magazine will help open the doors to this information
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Ida Bae Wells
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It’s on sale at newsstands, Starbucks, Barnes and Noble.
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x_CrazyJim_x
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I love how 'Republicans' are so self-sufficient that they had to go steal millions of people and drag them here to do the actual work, for free.
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Stay✨Ready✨
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It was white people, not just republicans. Slavery was very bipartisan.
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sticky buddy
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Will the hard copy have everything from the project? That will be in Sunday’s paper, right?
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Ida Bae Wells
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Yes!
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