Hannah-Jones went into depth on her upbringing in Waterloo, Iowa and where her interest in history began when she was growing up. The essay was later turned into a book that became a New York Times #1 best seller, as well as a six-episode mini docu-series on Hulu that premiered in January of 2023.ĭoug Fabrizio, a KUER radio host, spoke with Hannah-Jones about the “The 1619 Project” in front of the packed auditorium. “The 1619 Project” tackles slavery and its relationship to the founding of the United States of America. Among Hannah-Jones’ other awards, she has achieved the MacArthur Fellowship, three National Magazine Awards, and two George Polk Awards. Hannah-Jones is a writer for the New York Times Magazine and won the Pulitzer Prize in 2020 for her polarizing essay on democracy and slavery, “The 1619 Project,” which was initially released as a cover-to-cover edition of the NYT in August of 2019. Weber State University students and local community members filled into the Austad Auditorium in the Browning Center to see Howard University professor Nikole Hannah-Jones on March 31.
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