The 1619 Project: Born on the Water

When a young student receives a family tree assignment at school but can only trace her family back three generations, she asks Grandma for help. Grandma gathers the whole family and tells the student about their ancestors who were stolen from Africa in 1619 and brought to America as enslaved people. The picture book, written in verse by Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Nikole Hannah-Jones and Newbery honor-winning author Renée Watson, chronicles the consequences of slavery and the history of Black resistance in the United States.