The 1676 Project: Black and White Together in the U.S.A.

Authors

Danny Duncan Collum, Kentucky State University

Abstract

America’s post-George Floyd racial reckoning has brought a new focus on the country’s history of enslavement, segregation and systemic racism. However, this reckoning has often failed to recognize that the roots of systemic racism lie in the need of the wealthy planters in colonial Virginia to divide the African and English indentured servants who constituted a majority threatening to elite power. Nor do contemporary versions of U.S. history always account for the persistent reoccurrence of class-based interracial movements, such as the late 19^th century Populists, or their promise as a long-term solution to the country’s racial divides.

Recommended Citation

Collum, Danny Duncan (2022) "The 1676 Project: Black and White Together in the U.S.A.," The Journal of Social Encounters: Vol. 6: Iss. 1, 101-110.
Available at: https://digitalcommons.csbsju.edu/social_encounters/vol6/iss1/9