Terms and Historical Events Cited in The 1619 Project Essays:
Affirmative Action
- “Undemocratic Democracy” by Jamelle Bouie
The Affordable Care Act
- “Undemocratic Democracy” by Jamelle Bouie
- “A Broken Health Care System” by Jeneen Interlandi
Capitalism
- “Fabric of Modernity” by Mehrsa Baradaran
- “Capitalism” by Matthew Desmond
- “The Idea of America” by Nikole Hannah-Jones
- “Traffic” by Kevin M. Kruse
- “Municipal Bonds” by Tiya Miles
The Civil Rights Act of 1964
- “Undemocratic Democracy” by Jamelle Bouie
- “The Idea of America” by Nikole Hannah-Jones
- “A Broken Health Care System” by Jeneen Interlandi
Cotton Farming
- “Fabric of Modernity” by Mehrsa Baradaran
- “Undemocratic Democracy” by Jamelle Bouie
- “Capitalism” by Matthew Desmond
- “The Idea of America” by Nikole Hannah-Jones
- “The Wealth Gap” by Trymaine Lee
- “Chained Migration” by Tiya Miles
- “Municipal Bonds” by Tiya Miles
- “Sugar” by Khalil Gibran Muhammad
- “Punitive Criminal Justice” by Bryan Stevenson
The Declaration of Independence
- “The Idea of America” by Nikole Hannah-Jones
Fiat Currency
- “Good as Gold” by Mehrsa Baradaran
The Freedmen’s Bureau
- “A Broken Health Care System” by Jeneen Interlandi
- “The Wealth Gap” by Trymaine Lee
The GI Bill
- “A Broken Health Care System” by Jeneen Interlandi
- “The Wealth Gap” by Trymaine Lee
The Great Depression
- “Good as Gold” by Mehrsa Baradaran
- “Capitalism” by Matthew Desmond
The Great Recession
- “Undemocratic Democracy” by Jamelle Bouie
- “Capitalism” by Matthew Desmond
Hurricane Katrina
- “Sugar” by Khalil Gibran Muhammad
The Industrial Revolution
- “Capitalism” by Matthew Desmond
Jim Crow Laws
- “Undemocratic Democracy” by Jamelle Bouie
- “The Idea of America” by Nikole Hannah-Jones
- “A Broken Health Care System” by Jeneen Interlandi
- “The Wealth Gap” by Trymaine Lee
- “American Popular Music” by Wesley Morris
- “Why Can’t We Teach This?” by Nikita Stewart
The Louisiana Purchase
- “Capitalism” by Matthew Desmond