Why Can’t We Teach Slavery Right in American Schools?

by drkeithcox | Aug 24, 2019 | New York Times 1619 Project

The 1619 Project is a major initiative from The New York Times observing the 400th anniversary of the beginning of American slavery. It aims to reframe the country’s history, understanding 1619 as our true founding, and placing the consequences of slavery and the...

A Brief History of Slavery That You Didn’t Learn in School

by drkeithcox | Aug 24, 2019 | New York Times 1619 Project

The 1619 Project is a major initiative from The New York Times observing the 400th anniversary of the beginning of American slavery. It aims to reframe the country’s history, understanding 1619 as our true founding, and placing the consequences of slavery and the...

Their Ancestors Were Enslaved by Law. Now They’re Lawyers

by drkeithcox | Aug 24, 2019 | New York Times 1619 Project

The 1619 Project is a major initiative from The New York Times observing the 400th anniversary of the beginning of American slavery. It aims to reframe the country’s history, understanding 1619 as our true founding, and placing the consequences of slavery and the...

How America’s Vast Racial Wealth Gap Grew: By Plunder

by drkeithcox | Aug 24, 2019 | New York Times 1619 Project

The 1619 Project is a major initiative from The New York Times observing the 400th anniversary of the beginning of American slavery. It aims to reframe the country’s history, understanding 1619 as our true founding, and placing the consequences of slavery and the...

The Barbaric History of Sugar in America

by drkeithcox | Aug 24, 2019 | New York Times 1619 Project

The 1619 Project is a major initiative from The New York Times observing the 400th anniversary of the beginning of American slavery. It aims to reframe the country’s history, understanding 1619 as our true founding, and placing the consequences of slavery and the...

Why American Prisons Owe Their Cruelty to Slavery

by drkeithcox | Aug 24, 2019 | New York Times 1619 Project

The 1619 Project is a major initiative from The New York Times observing the 400th anniversary of the beginning of American slavery. It aims to reframe the country’s history, understanding 1619 as our true founding, and placing the consequences of slavery and the...