August 23, 2019
by Judith Kilborn
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Month: August 2019
August 22, 2019
by Judith Kilborn
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Closing the 1619 Project magazine with a final tribute
It was so important for me to close the magazine with the faces of the descendants. So we found four 2019 graduates of the @howardlawschool and tasked @kenyattadb with tracing their families back to slavery to tell the story of … Continue reading
August 22, 2019
by Judith Kilborn
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The 1619 Project via podcasts
As you see, Ida Bae Wells has announced the first episode of the 1619 podcast. Here’s a direct link: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/1619/id1476928106?i=1000447111833 This podcast series, like The 1619 Project, is a publication of the New York Times.
August 22, 2019
by Judith Kilborn
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The 1619 project
The Washington Post begins “The 1619 Project and the far-right fear of history” with this lead: In the summer of 1619, two warships manned by English privateers raided a Portuguese vessel the pirates hoped was brimming with gold. Instead, they found … Continue reading
August 22, 2019
by Judith Kilborn
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A new podcast series: “Oh Myyy Pod!”
George Takei (Sulu from Star Trek) is really active on social media and has started a podcast series entitled “Oh Myyy Pod!”—intended to explore “how social media influences the court of public opinion, both the good and the bad.” He … Continue reading
August 22, 2019
by Judith Kilborn
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“The Hopefulness and Hopelessness of 1619”
The Atlantic explores the historical significance of 1619 in “The Hopefulness and Hopelessness of 1619: Marking the 400-year African American struggle to survive and to be free of racism” (https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2019/08/historical-significance-1619/596365/). Here’s the lead for the article: Her name was Angela, one of … Continue reading
August 22, 2019
by Judith Kilborn
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CNN reports on athletes recently reprimanded for taking the knee
CNN’s 8/21/19 edition reports on recent reprimands for taking the knee to protest racism, mistreatment of immigrants, and the need for gun control. In “American gold medalists reprimanded after protests at Pan American Games,” CNN discusses the fact that “two … Continue reading
August 9, 2019
by Judith Kilborn
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