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.
Interview by Henry Jacob, SY '21 Transcribed by Rosemary Chen, BF '24 Introduction: Born and raised in Queens, New York, Jelani Cobb completed his undergraduate studies at Howard University and received a doctorate in American history from Rutgers University. He serves as the Ira A. Lipman Professor of...
In August 2020, Jisoo Choi sat down with Camille Delaney-Mcneil, Director of Programs with the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra OrchKids. Jisoo Choi: Could you briefly describe what OrchKids does with respect to its programs and the impact it seeks to have? Camille Delaney-McNeil: OrchKids, in short, is a “music for social...
Written by Lydia Burleson, JE 21' Edited by Jisoo Choi, DC 22' In the time before and during the Civil Rights Movement, Gwendolyn Brooks used her poetry to explore the shifting concept of Black agency, specifically the freedom of choice and movement for Black individuals within a white-dominated...
Written by Nadean Alnajjar, JE 22' Edited by Alexandra Halberstam, TD 22' The Black Panther Party (BPP) only exists in our recollection today either as an evocation of the Marvel Universe’s Wakanda, or a radically militant Black organization from the 1960s. Representations of the BPP falsely characterize...
Written by Polly Moser, Stanford 22' Edited by Fiona Benson, Yale 22', Meghan Gupta, Yale 21', and Mary Tate, Yale 21' For many, an image of the archetypal eating disorder patient is easy to bring to mind; she is female, White, young, and painfully thin. This...
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