The 1619 Project: A New Origin Story (Hardcover)In late August 1619, a ship arrived in the British colony of Virginia bearing a cargo of twenty to thirty enslaved people from Africa. Their arrival led to the barbaric and unprecedented system of American chattel slavery that would last for the next 250 years. This is sometimes referred to as the country's original sin, but it is more than that: It is the source of so much that still defines the United States. The New York Times Magazine's award

Just a kid from Akron

Narrated with deep intimacy

he's seen as disruptive and unmotivated by a biased system

Moth has lost her family in an accident

Parker Curry loves being a big sister

heralding the arrival of a stellar and prodigious young talent

but the eyebrows of New York's Black literati

and lyricism

Maiz comes up amarillo

Never breathe in the fresh air

more importantly

All beau boy