Throughout history African Americans have enacted numerous forms of resistance including violent and non-violent tactics in all arenas, political, social and economic. Media, both broadcast and print in the Black community has always represented a counter-public for ideas and attitudes of this community as well as been significant to resistance struggles for African Americans. In fact, Malcolm X, El Hajj Malik El-Shabazz, stated that “if you’re not careful, the media will have you hating the people who are being oppressed and loving the oppressor.” This episode examines the importance and necessity of the 1619 to assert Black Americans existence and history into the American narrative.
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