DOJABA Community Action Committee, Racial Justice Roundtable Talk (RJRT): The 1619 Project

The Community Action Committee will host its first Racial Justice Roundtable Talk (RJRT), In re: The 1619 Project on August 30, 2021 from 12:00-1:00 p.m., via Microsoft Teams. Please contact Imani D. Hutty, Imani.Hutty@usdoj.gov, for the Microsoft Teams information. Thanks…

Prior to the meeting, DOJABA participants are encouraged to review the following:

Podcast

• The 1619 Project (Episode 1: The Fight for a True Democracy & Episode 2: The Economy That Slavery Built)

  • https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/23/podcasts/1619-podcast.html

  • This podcast can be found on The New York Times website for free. You can also find it on Apple podcasts, Spotify, and on YouTube.

 Reading

• The 1619 Project Transcript

  • https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/23/podcasts/1619-podcast.html

  • https://pulitzercenter.org/sites/default/files/18maglabs_1619_issue_shipped_0.pdf

• August 1619 by Clint Smith

  • https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2019/08/14/magazine/african-american-poets.html

Discussion Questions will include:

1. How did you first learn about the history of slavery in the U.S.? What did you learn, and how was that information presented?

2. How do the stories presented in The 1619 Project compare to the stories you grew up hearing about the origins of slavery and its modern day impacts?

3. What do you see as the lasting legacy of slavery in the U.S.?

4. What surprised you? What do you want to know more about?

5. How can we challenge what we’ve learned about our country and, by extension, about ourselves?

Supplemental materials for this RJRT include: 

• NPR interview with Nikole Hannah-Jones

  • https://www.npr.org/2019/08/22/753457919/the-1619-project

• Are Private Schools Immoral?

  • https://www.theatlantic.com/education/archive/2017/12/progressives-are-undermining-public-schools/548084/

• I Helped Fact-Check the 1619 Project. The Times Ignored Me.

https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2020/03/06/1619-project-new-york-times-mistake-122248