Fifty percent of the sale price of each 1619 tote will be donated to the African American Cultural Heritage Action Fund, a program of the National Trust for Historic Preservation to preserve historic sites and stories of black history.
This durable 100% cotton tote was inspired by the 1619 Project, an acclaimed New York Times initiative that aims to reframe the nation’s history by placing the consequences of slavery and the contributions of black Americans at the very center of our national narrative.
The 1619 Project takes its name from the moment in August 1619 when a ship appeared off Point Comfort, a coastal port in the English colony of Virginia, carrying more than 20 enslaved people from the African nations of Ndongo and Kongo. These people were sold to the colonists, marking the beginning of the system of chattel slavery that would last for the next 250 years. America was not yet America, but this was the moment it began.
The 1619 Project was introduced in The Times Magazine in August 2019, the 400th anniversary of the beginning of American slavery. The project was an ambitious collection of journalism and historical inquiry that examined the many aspects of contemporary life in our nation that can be traced back to slavery. It was spearheaded by Hannah-Jones, a Times journalist, with contributions from black authors, essayists, poets, playwrights, scholars and novelists.
This tote was designed at The Times with the help editors who initiated the 1619 Project. Fifty percent of the sale price of each shirt will be donated to the African American Cultural Heritage Action Fund, a program of the National Trust for Historic Preservation to preserve historic sites and stories of black history. To learn more, visit www.savingplaces.org.
The tote is made in America by Everybody.World, the Los Angeles-based maker of thoughtful, eco-friendly goods and a champion of garment workers rights. It is printed by Philadelphia Printworks, a social justice heritage brand and screen-printing workshop.
Made of 100% bull denim cotton, the tote provides plenty of space for your daily newspaper, laptop, books and most anything else you pick up while you're out and about. It has thick, flat 2” woven straps that are comfortable to carry or sling over your shoulder.
