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 ...

FIRST ON FOX: New York Times Magazine's 1619 Project author Nikole Hannah Jones said Saturday that Harvard University's $100 million pledge to attempt to atone for its historic ties to slavery is "way ...

SPRINGFIELD — The co-host of an upcoming forum about African-America history says the event will be a panel discussion — not a debate. “You can’t have a debate without getting the facts out first,” ...

"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 ...

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 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 ...

Nikole Hannah-Jones, right, speaks at Weber State University as part of the Browning Presents series on Friday, March 31, 2023. Hannah-Jones is a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and the creator of ...

Nikole Hannah-Jones created "The 1619 Project," which began as a collection of essays that soon spawned a book and a podcast, and now a Hulu series. (John Minchillo/AP) In early 2019, New York Times ...

According to Nikole Hannah-Jones's myth , U.S. history didn’t really begin until August 1619, when about 20 slaves were sold to the governor of the Virginia colony by a British privateer. This ...