The 1701 Project is a venture led by The Yale Historical Review (YHR) that analyzes our university’s and our nation’s racist histories. Although not affiliated with The 1619 Project, we draw inspiration from Nikole Hannah-Jones and her colleagues’ examination of slavery’s legacies in the New York Times. In June 2020, we launched an ongoing program at the YHR, providing a space for repressed narratives at Yale and beyond.
Interviewed by Henry Jacob, SY '21 Transcribed by Rachel Sragovicz, TD '24 Dr. Chip Colwell is a leading educator and researcher. He serves as the founding editor-in-chief of SAPIENS [http://www.sapiens.org/], an online anthropology magazine accessible to a wide audience. Colwell received his PhD from Indiana...
Written by Marcus Loiseau Edited by Frank Lukens '22 and Larissa Jimenez '23 Kreyol pale, kreyol komprann. Que Dieu bénisse my country et le monde Abstract: This thesis demonstrates the legacy of the U.S. Occupation of Haiti through the dynamic historical scope of the Harlem Renaissance and...
Interviewed by Henry Jacob, SY '21 Transcribed by Yassi Xiong, DP '22 Ellen Wu, Ph.D., is Associate Professor of History at Indiana University Bloomington. Her research, teaching, and writing interests focus on race and immigration in the United States. She is the author of The Color of...
By Hannah Thompson Edited by Fiona Benson '22 and Esther Reichek '23 Introduction In 1623, Paula de Eguiluz, a slave in the Spanish colony of Cuba, was accused of apostasy, murder, and witchcraft; in the mid-eighteenth century, the enslaved Domingos Alvares of Portuguese-occupied Brazil was judged guilty of...
Written by Noah Humphrey Edited by Lucy Gilchrist, Meghanlata Gupta, Eva Magyar, and Gabrielle Sevillano Acknowledgments: With contributions from the Religious Studies Department of Whittier College, the Orthogonian Society, and my Ionian Big Connie Morales." With passion from Davon "Rico" Spillers (Long Live Rico!!!) when you see...
Written by Kenia Hale, SM '21 Edited by Fiona Benson, SY '22 Cover Art by Kiera Hale, ig: @kierahaleart Since 1619, the story of enslaved, Black, forced migration has been ingrained in American history. From the Underground Railroad to the Great Migration, movement has been a key method...
