Oprah Winfrey Teams Up With Nikole Hannah-Jones To Bring 'The 1619 Project' To Hollywood
The award-winning series about slavery and its roots to modern-day racism will be produced and developed into multiple forms of entertainment
1619: 400 Years of History Remembered
In 1619, Africans stolen from the Motherland arrived in the Virginia Colony. Their horrific journey set in motion centuries of American slavery.
Commemorating 400 years Of Black History In Hampton, Virginia
There was African drumming, gospel music, healing rituals, poetry, speeches—along with prayers and tears—as thousands gathered in Hampton, Virginia to commemorate 400 years since slavery began in English North America. In […]
Virginia To Commemorate The First Africans To Land In North America
The three-day event in August will recognize the first Africans brought to English North America in 1619.