1619 Project

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When We All Vote Inaugural Culture Of Democracy Summit
December 16, 2022
"The 1619 Project," created by Pulitzer Prize-winner Nikole Hannah-Jones, has been adapted to a docuseries premiering Jan. 26 on Hulu.
September 14, 2022
GOP leaders have created the Texas 1836 Project, which is in direct response to the New York Times' highly controversial…
Map of the United States and a sailing ship
February 24, 2022
If one were to view the history of Black people in America through a "racial lens," you wouldn’t start with…
December 20, 2021
The current uproar over critical race theory (CRT) is just another remix of the same song of white supremacy in…
November 13, 2021
The project, created by Nikole Hannah-Jones, has been welcomed as a vital new voice that places slavery at the center…
July 18, 2021
Journalists Nikole Hannah-Jones and Megyn Kelly got into a fiery Twitter exchange on Saturday over a U.S. Dept. of Education…
Nikole Hannah-Jones thegrio.com
July 13, 2021
Nikole Hannah-Jones talks to theGrio about her new position at Howard University and what's next for the 1619 Project.
Nikole Hannah-Jones thegrio.com
June 23, 2021
The legal team for Nikole Hannah-Jones has fired off a letter to UNC-Chapel Hill noting that she will not begin…
May 27, 2021
Calling itself The Proud UNC Alumni, the group writes it's "outraged" the UNC failed to approve the acclaimed Hannah-Jones' tenure.
Nikole Hannah Jones thegrio.com
May 25, 2021
A group of artists, academics, athletes, and entertainers have signed an open letter in support of Nikole Hannah-Jones.
May 22, 2021
"...The students of Carolina have paid the price for a University that has continuously disregarded their trust," said Lamar Richards
May 21, 2021
Millions of fellow Black women know exactly what it feels like to work twice as hard, show up twice as…
Nikole Hannah Jones thegrio.com
May 19, 2021
The UNC Chapel Hill has reneged on a tenured position it offered to Pulitzer-winning journalist, Nikole Hannah-Jones.
Senate Republicans Hold Weekly Policy Luncheon
May 2, 2021
McConnell suggested the project is being used to “double down on divisive, radical, and historically-dubious buzzwords and propaganda."
Nikole Hannah Jones thegrio.com
April 28, 2021
The Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist will join UNC-Chapel Hill’s Hussman School of Journalism and Media in July.
April 13, 2021
Two books based on the Pulitzer Prize-winning “1619 Project” will be released this fall, with contributions from several creators.
OprahCoAuthorsHappinessBook, theGrio.com
April 2, 2021
The series is the first project enjoining Oprah Winfrey’s Harpo Films and Lionsgate, as well as The New York Times…
President-Elect Biden Delivers Remarks On COVID-19 Vaccination Plan
January 20, 2021
Former President Donald Trump initiated the order said to establish patriotic learning in response to the award-winning 1619 Project.
January 19, 2021
The 1776 Commission's report defends slavery and describes affirmative action as 'more discrimination' and 'the opposite of King's hope.'
White House Coronavirus Task Force Holds Daily Briefing
October 2, 2020
By attempting to whitewash American history, Trump is making it clear that Black lives don’t matter in history, currently or…