The 1619 Project & the NYT.
For the record, I'll be buying a copy of the paper, b/c I expect to be reading & rereading these essays.
Here are the Historians involved in this Kevin M. Kruse (@KevinMKruse) Tweeted:
@NYTmag Essays by @nhannahjones @just_shelter @ClintSmithIII @jbouie @Wesley_Morris @eveewing @KhalilGMuhammad @TiyaMilesTAM @trymainelee @lindavillarosa @JInterlandi @jesmimi @Wadza_M and more!
Powerful essays and a beautiful layout. Check it out!
https://t.co/QcMS9whLkE
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All of them are worth following & reading.
Ida Bae Wells (@nhannahjones) Tweeted:
Can’t even express how it feels to see this in print, a vision turned to reality. Am humbled knowing we are our ancestors wildest dreams and we are giving them their due. https://t.co/h9WuFkYYkg
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Kevin M. Kruse (@KevinMKruse) Tweeted:
@NYTmag Essays by @nhannahjones @just_shelter @ClintSmithIII @jbouie @Wesley_Morris @eveewing @KhalilGMuhammad @TiyaMilesTAM @trymainelee @lindavillarosa @JInterlandi @jesmimi @Wadza_M and more!
Powerful essays and a beautiful layout. Check it out!
https://t.co/QcMS9whLkE
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Kruse has written 2 books I value and have impacted my thinking about society & US politics.(as always I receive no bennies from my recomendations)
1-Fault Lines: A History of the United States Since 1974
2-White Flight: Atlanta and the Making of Modern Conservatism (Politics and Society in Modern America).
I've started reading the magazine, there is *alot* I didn't know.
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