The New York Times's 1619 Project commemorates the 400th year of slavery in what would become the United States by examining slavery's modern legacy and reframing the way we understand this history and the contributions of black Americans to the nation.
Nikole also has written extensively about school resegregation across the country and chronicled the decades-long failure of the federal government to enforce the landmark 1968 Fair Housing Act.
In 2016, Nikole Hannah-Jones co-founded the Ida B. Wells Society for Investigative Reporting, a training and mentorship organization dedicated to increasing the ranks of investigative reporters of color.
Nikole's first book, "The Problem We All Live With," is coming in 2020. This book will explore black America's centuries-long struggle to get an equal education, and why integrated schools are the linchpin of our democracy.
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If the poignant genius of Ida B. Wells and the effervescent fierceness of Beyoncé could co-exist in one person, Hannah-Jones is the writing, truth-telling, fire-starting prototype.