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The 1619 Project’s lyrical picture book in verse chronicles the consequences of slavery and the history of Black resistance in the United States, thoughtfully rendered by Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Nikole Hannah-Jones and Newbery honor-winning author Renée Watson.


A young student receives a family tree assignment in school, but she can only trace back three generations. Grandma gathers the whole family, and the student learns that 400 years ago, in 1619, their ancestors were stolen and brought to America by white slave traders.
But before that, they had a home, a land, a language. She learns how the people said to be born on the water survived.

 
And the people planted dreams and hope,
willed themselves to keep
living, living.
 
And the people learned new words
for love
for friend
for family

for joy
for grow
for ho

The 1619 Project Born on the Water

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    A Hardback by Nikole Hannah-Jones, Renée Watson, Nikkolas Smith

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      Publisher: Penguin Young Readers
      Publication Date: 11/16/2021 12:00:00 AM
      ISBN13: 9780593307359, 978-0593307359
      ISBN10: 0593307356

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      The 1619 Project’s lyrical picture book in verse chronicles the consequences of slavery and the history of Black resistance in the United States, thoughtfully rendered by Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Nikole Hannah-Jones and Newbery honor-winning author Renée Watson.


      A young student receives a family tree assignment in school, but she can only trace back three generations. Grandma gathers the whole family, and the student learns that 400 years ago, in 1619, their ancestors were stolen and brought to America by white slave traders.
      But before that, they had a home, a land, a language. She learns how the people said to be born on the water survived.

       
      And the people planted dreams and hope,
      willed themselves to keep
      living, living.
       
      And the people learned new words
      for love
      for friend
      for family

      for joy
      for grow
      for ho

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