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Was modern America built on slavery?
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Was modern America built on slavery?

At the start of the Revolutionary War, slaves made up 20 percent of the population in British North America. They later built iconic buildings of US democracy like the Capitol and the White House in Washington. But what if slavery was more than just America’s original sin? What if the institution of slavery itself was foundational to modern America?

Nikole Hannah-Jones pushes back against "disqualifying" 1619 Project criticism
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Nikole Hannah-Jones pushes back against "disqualifying" 1619 Project criticism

Pulitzer Prize-winning New York Times journalist Nikole Hannah-Jones has often had to defend her work as creator of the 1619 Project, a piece of modern journalism that has gained as much praise on one end of the US political spectrum as it has sparked outrage on the other. Hannah-Jones admits some of the criticism was fair game — and that's one reason she’s just published an extended version of project in book form, entitled The 1619 Project: A New Origin Story. But she rejects those who’ve tried to disqualify her and the project.