The 1619 Project
Hulu’s The 1619 Project is a six-part docu-series that expands upon The 1619 Project created by Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Nikole Hannah-Jones and The New York Times Magazine.
The series seeks to reframe the country’s history by placing the consequences of slavery and the contributions of Black Americans at the very center of our national narrative. The episodes—Democracy, Race, Music, Capitalism, Fear and Justice—are adapted from essays from the recently published book, The 1619 Project: A New Origin Story, and examine how the legacy of slavery shapes different aspects of contemporary American life.
Black people have dreamed of freedom, even as they lived without it. And they fought for freedom for centuries, all the way back to before our country’s founding. It is black people who have been the perfecters of our democracy.
About Nikole Hannah-Jones
Nikole Hannah-Jones is the Pulitzer Prize-winning creator of The 1619 Project and a staff writer at The New York Times Magazine. She has spent her career investigating racial inequality and injustice, and her reporting has earned her the MacArthur Fellowship, known as the Genius Grant, a Peabody Award, two George Polk Awards and The National Magazine Award three times. Hannah-Jones also earned the John Chancellor Award for Distinguished Journalism and was named Journalist of the Year by the National Association of Black Journalists and The Newswomen’s Club of New York. In 2020, she was inducted into the Society of American Historians and, in 2021, into the North Carolina Media Hall of Fame. Hannah-Jones was named one of the Most Influential People in 2021 by Time Magazine. In 2016, Hannah-Jones co-founded the Ida B. Wells Society for Investigative Reporting, which seeks to increase the number of reporters and editors of color. She holds a Master of Arts in mass communication from the University of North Carolina and earned her Bachelor of Arts in history and African American studies from the University of Notre Dame.
Hannah-Jones is the knight chair in race and journalism at Howard University, where she founded the Center for Journalism & Democracy.
Reconciling the past,
powering the future
Visit this immersive photo gallery, inspired by The 1619 Project, curated by Black Archives, and powered by Microsoft Azure.
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