Black Literature and History

The 1619 Project Education Materials Collection from the Pulitzer Center

The 1619 Project, edited and created by Nikole Hannah-Jones, has been challenged and banned throughout the United States.

These links include the full issue of "The 1619 Project" from The New York Times Magazine, August 18, 2019, and the supplement published by The New York Times on the same date. Both are PDF documents available for download.

(See "The 1619 Project: Database Links" box to access these documents through the library's ProQuest database. The articles from the database are accessible and include screen readers.)

The 1619 Project Curricular Resources can be sorted by Grade Level (including College and Adult Learners), Format, State, and Subject.

"1619" Podcast from The New York Times and Listening Guide from the Pulitzer Center

The 1619 Project Listening Guide

Summary: "In this lesson, students will listen, analyze, and respond to episodes of the 1619 podcast. The lesson includes time-stamped sections, guided questions, and extension activities for each episode."

In this 3-minute video, Nikole Hannah-Jones describes "The 1619 Project."

"The 1619 Project" in New York Times Magazine

Nikole Hannah-Jones's groundbreaking "1619 Project" is presented here with links to our ProQuest databases.

The complete project as it was first published is in the "The 1619 Project" link. Download the PDF for easier reading and to view the article's images.

"The 1619 Project" in The New York Times

These articles were published in The New York Times in August 2019 to accompany the original publication of "The 1619 Project."

Many of the articles included images, but these were not reproduced in the database (see the Pulitzer Center Education Portal box for complete PDFs). However, the database articles are accessible, with a screen-reading option.

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