An interview with historian Clayborne Carson on the New York Times' 1619 Project

Sat, 06 Jun 2026 00:32:17 +0000

The following is a copy of an interview given by the American historian Clayborne Carson with the World Socialist Web Site. I found it illuminating for it’s discussion on the demarcation and bracketing of historical movements, those that are latent… those which are eventually born.

Clayborne Carson is professor of history at Stanford University and director of its Martin Luther King, Jr., Research and Education Institute. He is the author and editor of numerous books on King and the civil rights movement. Carson was chosen by Coretta Scott King to oversee the publication of The Papers of Martin Luther King, Jr. Seven of 14 planned volumes have been published under his direction.

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An interview with historian Clayborne Carson on the New York Times' 1619 Project