Tuesday, September 27, 2022
On Tuesday, September 27, 2022, journalist, educator, and thought leader Nikole Hannah-Jones joined the Sarah Lawrence community via Zoom for a discussion of The 1619 Project, The New York Times' groundbreaking work examining slavery's centrality to American history as well as its modern legacy, reframing the way we understand this history and the contributions of black Americans to the nation and its democratic aspirations.
Sarah Lawrence Politics faculty member Andrew Rosenthal, former editorial page, foreign, and national editor at The New York Times, served as moderator for the conversation.
This History Matters event was part of the Social Science Speakers Colloquium, and was sponsored by the Donald C. Samuel Fund for Economics and Politics.
About Nikole Hannah-Jones
Nikole Hannah-Jones is a Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter covering racial injustice for The New York Times Magazine and the creator of the landmark 1619 Project. Nikole serves as the inaugural Knight Chair in Race and Journalism at the Howard University School of Communications, where she also founded the Center for Journalism and Democracy. She is also the co-founder of the Ida B. Wells Society for Investigative Reporting, a training and mentorship organization dedicated to increasing the ranks of investigative reporters of color. Among her many awards, she is a MacArthur Fellow, was designated among Time's 100 most influential people, and has received a Pulitzer Prize.