The year 1619 continues to hold deep and profound meaning for Nikole Hannah-Jones. Learning about the date as a high school sophomore shifted her understanding of American history and how it’s taught.

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Nikole Hannah-Jones' searing essays come to life in this six-part docuseries. In her scorching book of essays “The 1619 Project: A New Origin Story,” Nikole Hannah-Jones wrote that “White Americans ...

Nikkolas Smith is not surprised by the book bans and culture of fear dominating schools in his home state of Texas. If anything, recent events make his work as a children’s book illustrator and ...

ABC Owned Television Stations presents "Our America: Hidden Stories," featuring Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Nikole Hannah-Jones and ABC Race and Culture reporters across the country.

As the first two episodes of “The 1619 Project” make dramatically clear, “the relentless buying, selling, insuring, and financing” of Black people “would help make Wall Street and New York City the ...

In the first episode of Hulu’s new docuseries The 1619 Project, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Nikole Hannah-Jones strolls in her Air Jordans down a picturesque path in Williamsburg, Virginia. With ...

In 2019, The New York Times debuted “The 1619 Project,” a series of articles that, on the 400th anniversary of the arrival of the first enslaved Africans in colonial America, grappled with the ...

The New York Times's long-form journalism initiative "The 1619 Project" is being turned into a docuseries for Hulu. The streamer released the first trailer for the new series on Jan. 4, followed by a ...

Harvard economist Roland Fryer explains how examining plantation records and market prices deepens our understanding of a devastating chapter in American history. When America celebrates its 250th ...

The three men debunk the 1619 Project, advocate for the restoration of the black family and the black church, describe their own very different upbringings and more.

The New York Times' 1619 Project selected Colonial Williamsburg, Virginia, as a filming location for its new Hulu docuseries. In doing so, creator Nikole Hannah-Jones sought to bolster her project's ...