What's the media's role in shaping national history? Is it significant that the New York Times -- known as "the paper of record" -- published this project instead of another print publication? Did it have a different impact in print than it would have as a broadcast or cable news report? Was this project a public service or political propaganda?
Required Reading/Viewing:
- "The 1619 Project" by The New York Times and the Pulitzer Center (print version). There is A LOT here. Please be sure to read Nikole Hannah-Jones' essay "The Idea of America" (pages 14-26), the poem by Yusef Kommunyakaa (page 29), the poem by Eve L. Ewing (page 42), "Undemocratic Democracy" by Jamelle Bouie and the profiles in the "Hope" photo-and-essay feature by Jeneba Adauyom, Nikole Hannah-Jones and Wadzanai Mhute (pages 86 to 93).
- "The 1619 Project Live Event" by The New York Times, featuring Nikole Hannah-Jones, Jamelle Bouie, Mary Elliott, Eve Ewing, Tyehimba Jess, Yusef Komunyakaa, Wesley Morris and Linda Villarosa. This is more than two hours long, so you don't have to watch the whole thing, but please be sure to watch Yusef Kommunyakaa read his poem (starts at the 2 minute mark), Nikole Hannah-Jones (starts at 17:32) and be ready to talk about whether the project resonated differently live vs. compared to the print version)
- Thread: Fascism and White Supremacy by N.K. Jemison via Twitter
- "The 1619 Project and the Far-Right Fear of History" by Ishaan Tharoor, The Washington Post
- "A Brief History of the History Wars" by Rebecca Onion, Slate
- "Setting the Historical Record Straight for the Critics of the New York Times Project on Slavery in America" by Kelley Fanto Deetz, The Conversation
- "The 1619 Project Hurts Blacks" by Robert L. Woodson, The Wall Street Journal (link may require a subscription; handout will be available in class.)
- "The New York Times Surrenders to the Left on Race" by Damon Linker, The Week
- "Opinion: NY Times Launches Propaganda Campaign on Race"by Newt Gingrich, via Fox News
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