The 1619 Project: A New Origin Story
2021 anthology by Nikole Hannah-Jones and The New York Times Magazine
The 1619 Project: A New Origin Story is a 2021 anthology of essays and poetry, published by One World (an imprint of Random House) on November 16, 2021. It is a book-length expansion of the essays presented in the 1619 Project issue of The New York Times Magazine in August 2019. The book was created by Nikole Hannah-Jones and The New York Times Magazine , and is edited by Hannah-Jones, Caitlin Roper, Ilena Silverman and Jake Silverstein .
On January 26, 2023, The 1619 Project documentary television series based on the original project and book debuted on Hulu .[ 1]
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Reception
The 1619 Project debuted at number one on The New York Times nonfiction best-seller list for the week ending November 20, 2021.[ 2] It received a starred review from Kirkus Reviews and was a finalist for the Kirkus Prize .[ 1] Booklist included it in a list of the magazine's top 10 history books of 2021.[ 3] An American Heritage survey found that The 1619 Project was one of its readership's 15 favorite books published in 2021.[ 4]
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References
Booth, Heather (March 15, 2024). "Listen-alikes: Voices of America" . Booklist . Vol. 120, no. 14. p. 86.
"Bookshop.org Celebrates Publication of The 1619 Project: A New Origin Story with Launch of Donation Platform" . Global Banking News . November 2, 2021.
Chalikiopoulou, Eleni; Veglis, Andreas (2024). "Transfictionality, Extensions and Transmedia Journalism: Expanding the Storyworld of Slavery of The 1619 Project " . Journalism and Media . 5 (3): 892– 914. doi :10.3390/journalmedia5030057 .
Cheek, Jada (Spring 2023). "The 1619 Project: A New Origin Story . Edited by Nikole Hannah-Jones". Journal of American Ethnic History . 42 (3): 135– 136. doi :10.5406/19364695.42.3.08 .
Grover, Leslie T. (May 2022). "Decentering Whiteness and Uplifting Black Voices: The 1619 Project Reclaims American History" . Choice: Current Reviews for Academic Libraries . Vol. 59, no. 9. pp. 1096– 1097.
"Hannah-Jones, Nikole: The 1619 Project " . Kirkus Reviews . September 1, 2021.
Hoekema, David (January 2023). "Another Look at the 1619 Project" . The Christian Century . Vol. 140, no. 1. pp. 80– 83.
Hochschild, Adam (November 21, 2021). "A Nation's Legacy" . The New York Times Book Review .
Minskoff, Alan (February–March 2022). "The 1619 Project: A New Origin Story " . AudioFile . Vol. 30, no. 5. p. 51.
Mohan, Brij (2022). "Book Review: The 1619 Project" . Social Development Issues: Alternative Approaches to Global Human Needs . 44 (1): 80– 82. doi :10.3998/sdi.2822 .
Neem, Jonathan N. (Summer 2022). "A Usable Past for a Post-American Nation" . The Hedgehog Review . 24 (2): 28– 37.
"Our Readers Choose: Favorite Books of 2021" . American Heritage . Vol. 67, no. 2. Spring 2022.
Rapp, David (January 25, 2023). "The 1619 Project : The Past Is Present" . Kirkus Feature Articles and Interviews .
Schmidt, Kelly L. (November–December 2021). "Liberty and Justice for All" . Women's Review of Books . 38 (6).
Seaman, Donna (October 1, 2021). "The 1619 Project: A New Origin Story " . Booklist . Vol. 118, no. 3. pp. 12– 13.
Seaman, Donna (February 1, 2022). "Top 10 History Books" . Booklist . Vol. 118, no. 11. p. 10.
"The 1619 Project: A New Origin Story . One World" . Library Journal . Vol. 146, no. 10. October 2021. p. 94.
"The 1619 Project: A New Origin Story " . Publishers Weekly . Vol. 268, no. 36. September 6, 2021. p. 83.
The 1619 Project Forum, AHR
Barker, Joanne (December 2022). "Troubling Democracy". The American Historical Review . 127 (4): 1805– 1810. doi :10.1093/ahr/rhac462 .
Bradley, Mark Philip; Wang, Fei-Hsien (December 2022). "The 1619 Project Forum". The American Historical Review . 127 (4): 1793– 1794. doi :10.1093/ahr/rhac462 .
Chatterjee, Indra (December 2022). "Latin America and Sugar in 1619". The American Historical Review . 127 (4): 1853– 1857. doi :10.1093/ahr/rhac462 .
Day, Faithe J. (December 2022). "From Academia to America: Using Digital Platforms to Remediate Public History". The American Historical Review . 127 (4): 1865– 1870. doi :10.1093/ahr/rhac462 .
Edwards, Erika Denise (December 2022). "From Pain to Purpose: Shared Histories of Black America ". The American Historical Review . 127 (4): 1845– 1849. doi :10.1093/ahr/rhac462 .
Gordon-Reed, Annette (December 2022). "What Fear Produced: The Culture of White Supremacy in America". The American Historical Review . 127 (4): 1795– 1799. doi :10.1093/ahr/rhac462 .
Greene, Sandra E. (December 2022). " 'Necessary, Despite Errors, Distortions and Omissions' ". The American Historical Review . 127 (4): 1823– 1827. doi :10.1093/ahr/rhac462 .
Jones, Jeannette Eileen (December 2022). "Exploring 'American' Slavery: A Review of The 1619 Project and 1619education.org". The American Historical Review . 127 (4): 1857– 1861. doi :10.1093/ahr/rhac462 .
Mikhail, Alan (December 2022). "1619, Islam, and Other Possible Histories". The American Historical Review . 127 (4): 1840– 1845. doi :10.1093/ahr/rhac462 .
Moten, Crystal (December 2022). "A Beginning Worth Continuing: The 1619 Podcast". The American Historical Review . 127 (4): 1862– 1865. doi :10.1093/ahr/rhac462 .
Powell, Eve M. Troutt (December 2022). "1619 in the Middle East". The American Historical Review . 127 (4): 1831– 1834. doi :10.1093/ahr/rhac462 .
Schine, Rachel (December 2022). "Revisiting Religion, Race, and Place in the Islamic World with The 1619 Project ". The American Historical Review . 127 (4): 1835– 1840. doi :10.1093/ahr/rhac462 .
Scott, Daryl Michael (December 2022). "African American Exceptionalism in the Service of American Exceptionalism". The American Historical Review . 127 (4): 1815– 1819. doi :10.1093/ahr/rhac462 .
Sharfstein, Daniel (December 2022). "The Critique and the Claim of the 1619 Project". The American Historical Review . 127 (4): 1810– 1815. doi :10.1093/ahr/rhac462 .
Silverstein, Jake (December 2022). "Response from the New York Times Magazine ". The American Historical Review . 127 (4): 1870– 1871. doi :10.1093/ahr/rhac462 .
Stremlau, Rose; Lowry, Malinda; Reed, Julie L. (December 2022). "Interconnected Histories of Enslavement and Settler Colonialism". The American Historical Review . 127 (4): 1799– 1805. doi :10.1093/ahr/rhac462 .
Sweet, James H. (December 2022). "An African-Atlantic Perspective on 1619's 'Origins' Project". The American Historical Review . 127 (4): 1827– 1830. doi :10.1093/ahr/rhac462 .
Williams, Danielle Terrazas (December 2022). "Latin America and Sugar in 1619". The American Historical Review . 127 (4): 1849– 1853. doi :10.1093/ahr/rhac462 .
Wulf, Karin (December 2022). "Descendancies". The American Historical Review . 127 (4): 1819– 1822. doi :10.1093/ahr/rhac462 .
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