The problem is, like every claim Hannah-Jones makes, the claim that slavery began in America in 1619 is a fiction to begin with. Now, a new project funded by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation is ...

In early 2019, New York Times reporter Nikole Hannah-Jones made a simple pitch to her editors. The year marked the 400th anniversary of the arrival of the first Africans to the English colony of ...

AMES — Through her work on “The 1619 Project” in its many iterations — and again Wednesday evening on the Iowa State University campus — Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Nikole Hannah-Jones argued ...

According to "1619 Project" creator Nikole Hannah-Jones, "It will always be hard" for her to show any kind of patriotism towards America. Hannah-Jones made her comments on Sunday during a forum at ...

"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." It started with a simple fact: “The first group of enslaved Africans were brought here over 400 years ago ...

LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell said Monday he doesn’t think 1619 is one of the most important points in U.S. history. That's the year the first enslaved Africans were brought ...

A recent episode of a Disney+ cartoon show has woke kids performing a skit around the theme “Slaves built this country.” The installment of the “Proud Family” series — in which the kids find out the ...

The 1619 Project is back in the news with the release of the six-part Hulu series built around the claim that “nearly everything that has made America exceptional grew out of slavery.” Progressives ...

The political polarization evident in the response to the 1619 Project – the New York Times’ sweeping journalistic initiative timed to the 400th anniversary of slavery in America – makes its ...

"The 1619 Project," a six-part documentary series based on the Pulitzer Prize-winning essay and podcast series developed by Nikole Hannah-Jones, is now streaming on Hulu. The project, a series of ...

Jones, author of The 1619 Project, delivered the Elizabeth Turner Jordan ’59 Distinguished Lecture in the Humanities at the ...