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Nikole Hannah-Jones

Nikole Hannah-Jones is a Pulitzer Prize–winning reporter covering racial injustice for The New York Times Magazine, and creator of the landmark 1619 Project. In 2017, she received a MacArthur Foundation Fellowship, known as the Genius Grant, for her work on educational inequality. She has also won a Peabody Award, two George Polk Awards, three National Magazine Awards, and the 2018 John Chancellor Award for Excellence in Journalism from Columbia University. In 2016, Hannah-Jones co-founded the Ida B. Wells Society for Investigative Reporting, a training and mentorship organization geared toward increasing the number of investigative reporters of color.
The 1619 Project: A Visual Experience
El Proyecto 1619: Nacieron sobre el agua
The 1619 Project: Born on the Water

Inside the Book: Nikole Hannah-Jones (THE 1619 PROJECT)<br/>

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The 1619 Project: A Visual Experience
El Proyecto 1619: Nacieron sobre el agua
The 1619 Project: Born on the Water

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Inside the Book: Nikole Hannah-Jones (THE 1619 PROJECT)

NOW AVAILABLE: Books from The 1619 Project

The 1619 Project is The New York Times Magazine’s award-winning reframing of American history that placed slavery and its continuing legacy at the center of our national narrative. The project, which was initially launched in August of 2019, offered a revealing new origin story for the United States, one that helped explain not only the persistence of

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Bookshop.org Launches Donation Platform to Celebrate Publication of The 1619 Project: A New Origin Story

Bookshop.org, the ethical online marketplace which supports independent bookstores, has announced a ground-breaking partnership with Penguin Random House imprint One World ahead of the publication of The 1619 Project: A New Origin Story on November 16. The 1619 Project: A New Origin Story by Nikole Hannah-Jones and the team at The New York Times Magazine

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