![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() “I think we should not underplay how dangerous this is,” she says. ![]() School boards banning books isn’t new, the former education reporter says, but the sheer amount of state legislation against “The 1619 Project” and the “larger conservative boogeyman that they’re calling critical race theory” is in some ways “unprecedented.” The book comes as school boards throughout the nation, including Hannah-Jones’ home state of Iowa, are making moves to ban “The 1619 Project” and other works like it from being taught. "The 1619 Project: A New Origin Story" by Nikole Hannah-Jones. "The 1619 Project: A New Origin Story" expands versions of those original pieces through journalism, historical accounts, criticism and imaginative literature. Now, Hannah-Jones has extended her work in the form of a new book. The project was the brainchild of journalist Nikole Hannah-Jones, who won a Pulitzer Prize for her essay. In 2019, when The New York Times first published its special magazine issue of "The 1619 Project" - it was a sensation.Ĭreated to illuminate the arrival of the first Black people brought to the British colonies for the purposes of enslavement, the issue tells a story of how Black Americans were instrumental in creating what we know as the United States. (John Minchillo/AP) This article is more than 1 year old. Nikole Hannah-Jones stands for a portrait at her home in the Brooklyn borough of New York, on July 6, 2021. ![]()
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