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  • Posts by John Piche

1619 Interviews – Patricia A. Banks on How Corporate Philanthropy Leverages Black Culture

May 6, 2022 / John Piche / 1619 Project / No Comments

Professor Banks discusses her book, Black Culture Inc.: How Ethnic Community Support Pays for Corporate America. By examining how corporate support and giving to Black […]

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Supreme Court Decisions part 1

May 3, 2022 / John Piche / 1619 Project, Library / No Comments

Plessy v. Ferguson Plessy v. Ferguson was a landmark 1896 U.S. Supreme Court decision that established the constitutionality of racial segregation. The decision created the “separate […]

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1619 Interviews – Alexandra Natapoff on the Misdemeanor System

April 22, 2022 / John Piche / 1619 Project / No Comments

Professor Alexandra Natapoff discusses her book, Punishment without Crime. How America’s Misdemeanor justice system targets the innocent, taxes the poor, and generates revenue for the […]

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1619 Interviews – Dr. Ronnie A. Dunn on Racial Profiling and Traffic Stops

April 4, 2022 / John Piche / 1619 Project / No Comments

Dr. Ronnie A. Dunn recently assumed the role as the inaugural executive director of The Diversity Institute at Cleveland State University, where he has been […]

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April Is Fair Housing Month: Here’s a List of Books and Movies to Help You Understand

March 24, 2022 / John Piche / 1619 Project, African-American, Diverse Voices, Movies, Non-Fiction / No Comments

National Fair Housing Month celebrates the passage of the Fair Housing Act in April, 1968, a national law that prohibits discrimination in the sale, rental […]

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1619 Interviews – Bronwen Everill on Abolition and Ethical Capitalism

March 11, 2022 / John Piche / 1619 Project / No Comments

In this interview, Professor Bronwen Everill discusses her book, Not Made By Slaves: Ethical Capitalism in the Age of Abolition. She covers how Abolitionist Consumers […]

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1619 Interviews – Jonathan Wells on the Fugitive Slave Law

March 10, 2022 / John Piche / 1619 Project / No Comments

In this interview, Professor Jonathan Daniel Wells discusses his book, Blind No More: African American Resistance, Free-Soil Politics, and the Coming of the Civil War. […]

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1619 Interviews – David Krugler on 1919 Year of White Terrorism

February 11, 2022 / John Piche / 1619 Project / No Comments
Thumnail for 1619 - David Krugler on 1919 Year of White Terrorism

David Krugler is a historian and novelist. A professor of history at the University of Wisconsin–Platteville, he has published, in addition to two novels, nonfiction […]

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Steve Luxenberg on Plessy versus Ferguson

January 31, 2022 / John Piche / 1619 Project, History / No Comments

Steve Luxenberg is an associate editor at The Washington Post and an award-winning author. During his forty years as a newspaper editor and reporter, Luxenberg […]

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Ibrahim Sundiata on Slavery and the 1619 Project

January 12, 2022 / John Piche / 1619 Project, History, Uncategorized / No Comments
1619 - Ibrahim Sundiata on Slavery and the 1619 Project

Professor Ibrahim K. Sundiata is Emeritus Professor of History and African and African American Studies at Brandeis University. He received his doctorate from Northwestern University, […]

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