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ProPublica's groundbreaking investigation into housing segregation, and the federal government's large-scale failure to uphold the laws meant to prevent itMore than forty years after President Johnson signed the landmark Fair Housing Act into law, residential segregation in America remains unresolve... More

The Burden: African Americans and the Enduring Impact of Slavery is a plea to America to understand what life post-slavery remains like for many African Americans, who are descended from people whose unpaid labor built this land, but have had to spend the last century and a half carrying the dual bu... More

&“When we lift every voice, we forge a deep and enduring connection to the past—and carve a tunnel of hope to a brighter future for us all.&” -Oprah Winfrey &“This book, above all else, is a reminder of where we have been and the debt we owe to those who came before. These Americans have not passed ... More

Stymied by her unfinished family tree assignment for school, a young girl seeks Grandma's counsel and learns about her ancestors, the consequences of slavery, and the history of Black resistance in the United States.... More

The 1619 Project&’s lyrical picture book in verse chronicles the consequences of slavery and the history of Black resistance in the United States, thoughtfully rendered by Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Nikole Hannah-Jones and Newbery honor-winning author Renée Watson. A young student receives a... More

A dramatic expansion of a groundbreaking work of journalism, The 1619 Project: A New Origin Story offers a profoundly revealing vision of the American past and present. <p><p> In late August 1619, a ship arrived in the British colony of Virginia bearing a cargo of twenty to thirty enslaved people ... More