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“In the weeks and months that followed, thousands upon thousands of protesters took to the streets in all fifty states, in large cities like Los Angeles, Chicago, Detroit, Atlanta, and New York, as well as in suburbs, small and medium-sized towns, and rural areas. Protests erupted even in places as far away as Hong Kong, South Africa, Germany, South Korea, and New Zealand. Never before had a Black rebellion been met with such widespread support by people of all colors, classes, and walks of life.”
― Nikole Hannah-Jones, The 1619 Project: A New Origin Story

“But the response by police was brutal, encouraged by President Donald Trump, who condemned the protests; blasted the “Black Lives Matter” slogan, calling it a “symbol of hate”; and pledged his allegiance to “law and order.”
― Nikole Hannah-Jones, The 1619 Project: A New Origin Story

“Once transposed into metaphor, slavery could serve to unite white colonists of whatever region under a banner of white exclusivity.”
― Nikole Hannah-Jones, The 1619 Project: A New Origin Story

“Without a politically guaranteed public realm, freedom lacks the worldly space to make its appearance.”
― Hannah Arendt, Thinking Without a Banister: Essays in Understanding, 1953-1975