News Coverage
News Articles on 1619
USA Today – Slavery’s History: Angela, first recorded African Woman in Jamestown
USA Today – 1619
NY Times Magazine – 1619
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2019/08/14/magazine/1619-america-slavery.html
Washington Post – Before 1619
USA Today – “Slavery’s Explosive Growth in Charts: How ’20 and odd’ became millions”
The Atlantic – “The Hopefulness and Hopelessness of 1619”
https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2019/08/historical-significance-1619/596365/
Daily Press article on 1619 program for educators
https://www.dailypress.com/news/hampton/dp-nws-hampton-k12-institute-alexander-20190716-story.html
Omohundro Institute blog on 1619 and Virginia
https://blog.oieahc.wm.edu/1619-and-virginia/
Washington Post – “She was captured and enslaved 400 years ago”
LaVanguardia – “Veintitantos negros”, 400 años después
Quartz Africa – 1619
https://qz.com/africa/1636639/americas-400-years-anniversary-of-african-slave-trade-is-vital/
Virginia Interfaith Center on 1619-2019
https://www.virginiainterfaithcenter.org/1619-2019/
Roanoke News on 1619
The Guardian – Point Comfort
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/aug/13/us-slavery-400-years-virginia-point-comfort
National Park Service – 2019 Commemoration
https://www.nps.gov/fomr/learn/news/2019-commemoration-of-the-first-african-landing.htm
EdSurve – The Fight to Preserve –and Teach-African American History
https://www.edsurge.com/news/2019-09-17-the-fight-to-preserve-and-teach-african-american-history
New Journal and Guide – “Africans in America”
http://thenewjournalandguide.com/africans-in-america-the-beginning-of-our-400-year-odyssey/
BET News – “1619-2019: From Trauma to Triumph”
https://www.bet.com/news/features/1619/400-years-since-beginning-of-american-slavery.html
NBC News – “Angela Site Uncovers Details”
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/nbcblk/angela-site-reveals-daily-life-enslaved-african-america-n825701
Essence Magazine – 1619
https://www.essence.com/news/commemorating-400-years-of-black-history-in-hampton-virginia/