The 1619 Project : A Visual Experience by Nikole Hannah-Jones

Description: The 1619 Project: A Visual Experience by Nikole Hannah-Jones & The New York Times Magazine Hardback Genre: African American History Photography Anillustrated edition ofThe 1619 Project, with newly commissioned artwork and archival images,The New York Times Magazines award-winning reframing of the American founding and its contemporary echoes, placing slavery and resistance at the center ofthe American story. Here, in these pages, Black art provides refuge. The marriage of beautiful, haunting and profound words and imagery creates an experience for the reader, a wanting to reflect, to sit in both the discomfort and the joy, to contemplate what a nation owes a people who have contributed so much and yet received so little, and maybe even, to act.Nikole Hannah-Jones, from the Preface Curated by the editors ofThe New York Times Magazine, led by Pulitzer Prizewinning journalist Nikole Hannah-Jones, this illustrated edition ofThe 1619 Projectfeatures seven chapters from the original book that lend themselves to beautiful, engaging visuals, deepening the experience of the content.The 1619 Project: A Visual Experienceoffers the same revolutionary idea as the original book, an argument for a new national origin story that begins in late August of 1619, when a cargo ship of people stolen from Africa arrived on the shores of Point Comfort, Virginia. Only by reckoning with this difficult history and understanding its powerful influence on our present can we prepare ourselves for a more just future. Filled with original art by thirteen Black artists like Carrie Mae Weems, Calida Rawles, Vitus Shell, Xaviera Simmons, on the themes of resistance and freedom, a brand-new photo essay about slave auction sites, vivid photos of Black Americans celebrating their own forms of patriotism, and a collection of archival images of Black families by Black photographers, this gorgeous volume offers readers a dynamic new way of experiencing the impact ofThe 1619 Project. Complete with many of the powerful essays and vignettes from the original edition, written by some of the most brilliant journalists, scholars, and thinkers of our time,The 1619 Project: A Visual Experiencebrings to life a fuller, more comprehensive understanding of American history and culture. Fire

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