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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/>

Books

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)

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