The 1619 Audio Series

Episode 1: The Fight for a True DemocracyAmerica was founded on the ideal of democracy. Black people fought to make it one.

Episode 2: The Economy That Slavery BuiltIn order to understand the brutality of American capitalism, you have to start on the plantation.

Episode 3: The Birth of American MusicFor centuries, black music has been an expression of artistic freedom. No wonder everybody is always stealing it.

Episode 4: How the Bad Blood StartedIn the United States, racial health disparities have been as foundational as democracy itself.

Episode 5: The Land of Our Fathers, Part 1More than a century and a half after the promise of 40 acres and a mule, the story of black land ownership in America remains one of loss and dispossession.

Episode 5: The Land of Our Fathers, Part 2In the finale of the podcast, we hear the rest of June and Angie Provost’s story, and its echoes in a past case that led to the largest civil rights settlement in American history.

The 1619 Project at the SmithsonianWatch a conversation about how history is defined — and redefined — featuring historians, journalists and policymakers.

‘No People Has a Greater Claim to That Flag Than Us’Nikole Hannah-Jones discusses the 1619 Project and how it is reframing the way we look at American history.

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