Nikole Hannah-Jones

The 1619 Project is an essential document that dives into the lasting impacts of slavery and its reverberations through our modern society. Edited by Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Nikole Hannah-Jones, this collection of essays, poetry and art from some of today’s most influential Black writers and thinkers serves to bring awareness to the 400th anniversary of the beginning of American slavery. With contributions from Ta-Nehisi Coates, Claudia Rankine, Jesmyn Ward, Genevieve West and many more, The 1619 Project is a powerful reminder of our nation’s past, present and future.

The 1619 Project is a highly acclaimed work of journalism and history that re-examines American history through the lens of August 1619, when the first enslaved Africans arrived in the British colony of Virginia. Published by The New York Times Magazine, this ambitious project was spearheaded by Nikole Hannah-Jones and features contributions from noted historians and writers such as Ta-Nehisi Coates, Jelani Cobb, Ibram X. Kendi, David W. Blight, and Khalil Gibran Muhammad. This Pulitzer Prize winner is essential reading for anyone looking to better understand America’s past and present.

The 1619 Project is an ambitious book that tackles the difficult subject of slavery in American history with clarity and depth. Through powerful essays, poems, artwork and photography, it examines how slavery has shaped our country’s culture, institutions, politics, economy and identity over four centuries – from the arrival of the first Africans to today’s struggles for civil rights. It also explores the legacy of racism in America and its effects on African Americans today. By looking at both sides of the story – both its dark history as well as its progress – The 1619 Project provides readers with an honest look at our nation’s past.