"The seeds were sown in 1619, and...when George Washington took the oath of office for the United States presidency in 1789, the social and political history of Black Americans fell into the hands of succeeding presidents for definition and direction. This innovative book and program explore the cultural, political, and socio-economic journey of Blacks in America." -- back cover.

"The Great Depression uprooted many people's lives. Learn about racist policies that made the depression worse for Black Americans, the period's global impact, and lasting changes from the era"--

This poignant and powerful narrative tells the dramatic story of Kunta Kinte, snatched from freedom in Africa and brought by ship to America and slavery, and his descendants. Drawing on the oral traditions handed down in his family for generations, the author traces his origins back to the seventeen-year-old Kunta Kinte, who was abducted from his home in Gambia and transported as a slave to colonial America. In this account Haley provides an imaginative...

"The animating idea of The 1619 Project is that our national narrative is more accurately told if we begin not on July 4, 1776, but in late August of 1619, when a ship arrived in Jamestown bearing a cargo of twenty to thirty enslaved people from Africa. Their arrival inaugurated a barbaric and unprecedented system of chattel slavery that would last for the next 250 years. This is sometimes referred to as the country's original sin, but it is more...