Rebroadcast: Nikole Hannah-Jones on the 1619 Project and how the legacy of slavery shapes America
Apple News In Conversation
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4.2 • 1.8K Ratings
🗓️ 2 July 2022
⏱️ 25 minutes
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Summary
This is an episode from our archives.
Nikole Hannah-Jones is a Pulitzer Prize–winning reporter for the New York Times Magazine and the creator of the 1619 Project. The initiative reframes America’s past around an important date that isn’t mentioned in many history books: 1619, the beginning of slavery in the U.S. Hannah-Jones has expanded on the idea and turned it into a book called The 1619 Project: A New Origin Story. Below are excerpts from Apple News In Conversation host Shumita Basu’s interview with Hannah-Jones about the project.
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| 0:00.0 | This is in conversation from Apple News. |
| 0:07.0 | I'm Shemeita Basso. |
| 0:09.0 | On this July 4th weekend, we're bringing you a relevant rerun from our archives. Nicole, I thought we would start with something a little bit different, kind of like a speed round. |
| 0:29.6 | So I'm going to go through the first dozen or so presidents of the United States, and I want you to tell me whether they enslaved people or not. |
| 0:39.0 | Okay? George Washington. |
| 0:42.0 | Yes. John Adams. Yes. |
| 0:43.0 | John Adams. |
| 0:44.0 | No. |
| 0:45.0 | Thomas Jefferson. |
| 0:46.0 | Yes. |
| 0:47.0 | James Madison. |
| 0:48.0 | Yes. James Monroe. |
| 0:49.0 | Yes. |
| 0:50.0 | John Quincy Adams. |
| 0:51.0 | No. |
| 0:52.0 | Andrew Jackson. Yes. Martin Van Buren. Yes. William Henry |
| 0:56.4 | Harrison. Yes. John Tyler. Yes. James K. Polk. I believe so. Yes. |
| 1:01.9 | Zachary Taylor. |
| 1:03.0 | Yes. |
| 1:04.0 | Nicole Hannah Jones is a Pulitzer Prize winning reporter for the New York Times magazine and the |
| 1:11.9 | creator of the 1619 project. |
| 1:15.1 | If you're not familiar with the project, it establishes an important date that isn't mentioned |
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