The 1619 Project

Season

2023

USA

4.9

Connects the centrality of slavery in history with an unflinching account of brutal racism that endures in so many aspects of American life today.

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Episode List

S1 • E1

Democracy

Told through Nikole Hannah-Jones' personal story, historical events and the modern fights for voting rights, 'Democracy' explores Black America's centuries-long fight to democratize America and hold it to its founding ideals.

S1 • E2

Race

'Race' examines the construct of race as a political invention created to justify exploitation of Africans during slavery and promote white supremacy, while tracing the impact that has had on Black women's bodes and reproductive lives.

S1 • E3

Music

From Motown's wide popularity to funk's rebellious independence to today's genre-breaking musicians, 'Music' celebrates the "uncapturable spirit" of Black music and maintains that Black music IS American Music.

S1 • E4

Capitalism

Nikole Hannah-Jones' family and current labor battles are the lens for 'Capitalism', how slavery formed the bedrock of American capitalism and how this foundation of brutality continues to permeate our deeply unequal economic system.

S1 • E5

Fear

The Land of Our Fathers, Part 1 150 years after the promise of 40 acres and a mule, the story of black land ownership in America remains one of dispossession. The Provosts, who trace their family to the enslaved workers on Louisiana's sugar-cane plantations, know this story well.

S1 • E6

Justice

Examining the historical events that denied Black Americans the opportunity to build generational wealth through Nikole Hannah-Jones' family story and one Georgia community fighting for restitution.

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Cast

Nikole Hannah-Jones

Self - Host