Early America

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• 3/6/2020
  

  America’s First Literary Voice

  by William Lambers

  The thoughts and feelings of Anne Bradstreet, written hundreds of years ago, live on with us today. 

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• SOURCE: The Atlantic
  8/20/19
  

  The Hopefulness and Hopelessness of 1619

  by Ibram X. Kendi

  Marking the 400-year African American struggle to survive and to be free of racism.

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• SOURCE: PBS News Hour
  8/18/19
  

  Video of the Week: The 1619 Project details the legacy of slavery in America

  To observe the anniversary of American slavery, The New York Times Magazine launched The 1619 Project to reframe America’s history through the lens of slavery. The project lead, reporter Nikole Hannah-Jones, joins Hari Sreenivasan to discuss.

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• 8/18/19
  

  Bearing Human Cargo: 400 Years Since the Arrival of the First African Slaves in the American Colonies

  by Albinko Hasic

  Although 1619 remains a historic marker, overemphasizing the date or dismissing the long and complicated history of slavery in the Americas would be a mistake.

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• 6/2/19
  

  Witch Hunt! How Europe’s Witch Mania Came to the New World

  by Elisa Carbone

  Witch hunts in the New World began in Virginia, though Virginia’s alleged witches were imprisoned rather than executed.