2019 was the 400th Anniversary of the arrival of the first Africans to be sold into bondage in North America: in 1619 at Jamestown. We called on families, organizations, neighborhoods and cities to observe the anniversary by telling their stories of oppression and resistance... and across the country, people gathered in observances large and small.
Watch the full video of our October 20th event at Riverside Church here!
Our plan was simple: organize, observe, and build.
In order to plan the observances of the anniversary in 2019, we asked people to revisit the past and learn about efforts to win freedom and equality. The history we learned in school often left out or mis-represented the story of inequality and the long people’s fight for equality. We created tools to help communities organize, observe the anniversary, and build a just future.
In order to plan the observances of the anniversary in 2019, we asked people to revisit the past and learn about efforts to win freedom and equality. The history we learned in school often left out or mis-represented the story of inequality and the long people’s fight for equality. We created tools to help communities organize, observe the anniversary, and build a just future.
In 2019, we called on all Americans to commemorate the 400th anniversary of enslaved Africans first arriving in Jamestown, Virginia in 1619. We believe that the system established after this defining moment codified inequality in law and custom, and that addressing this legacy of injustice is intimately connected to the struggle for rights of all oppressed people. Our work continues, based on what we learned from observances held across the nation.
WHO WE ARE
400 Years of Inequality is a coalition of organizations and individuals dedicated to dismantling structural inequality and building strong, healthy communities.
WHO WE ARE
400 Years of Inequality is a coalition of organizations and individuals dedicated to dismantling structural inequality and building strong, healthy communities.