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#the1619project book club
Thank you to all who participated - spoke, texted, listened - this evening. I look forward to our next meeting on 2/29, Thursday, 8pm EST. Comments and suggestions welcome.
https://spoutible.com/pod/...
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https://spoutible.com/pod/...
Pods recording of #The1619Project book club on Thursday, 2/22, from 8pm to just after 9pm EST
10:56 PM - Feb 22, 2024 (Edited)
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Comment from Nikole Hannah-Jones, an editor of #the1619project
05:19 PM - Feb 24, 2024
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#The1619Project
Ch. 1, DEMOCRACY by Nikole Hannah-Jones
Page 32:
"many of this generation fought for democracy overseas while brutally suppressing democracy for millions of American citizens. During the height of racial terror in this country, Black Americans were not merely killed in mob attacks"
04:07 PM - Feb 28, 2024
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#The1619Project
Ch. 1, DEMOCRACY by Nikole Hannah-Jones
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"as early as 1774, running away to join British troops and presenting themselves at British forts.²⁵ Over the course of the war, thousands of enslaved people would join the British--far outnumbering those who joined the Patriot cause."
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#The1619Project
Chapter 1, DEMOCRACY by Nikole Hannah-Jones
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"our founding mythology, which conveniently omits the fact that one of the primary reasons some of the colonists decided to declare their independence from Britain was because they wanted to protect the institution of slavery."
05:42 PM - Feb 28, 2024
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#The1619Project
Ch. 1, DEMOCRACY Nikole Hannah-Jones
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"quota system intended to keep this country white. Because of Black Americans, Black and brown immigrants from across the globe are able to come to the United States and live in a country in which legal discrimination is no longer allowed."
10:12 PM - Feb 28, 2024
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#The1619Project
Ch. 1, DEMOCRACY by Nikole Hannah-Jones
Page 32
"If the formerly enslaved and their descendents became educated, if we thrived in the jobs white people did, if we excelled in the sciences and arts, then the entire rationale for how this nation had allowed slavery would collapse."
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Audio of 2/29/2024 pods - Chapter 1, Democracy by Nikole Hannah-Jones https://spoutible.com/pod/...
10:25 PM - Feb 29, 2024
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Reginald Capers
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In response to Ericlo.
Great job. I look forward to next week.
09:32 PM - Feb 22, 2024
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In response to Reginald Capers.
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