"I see my work as forcing us to confront our hypocrisy, forcing us to confront the truth that we would rather ignore."

Nikole Hannah-Jones is an award-winning investigative reporter covering racial injustice for The New York Times Magazine and creator of the landmark 1619 Project.

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.

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"IN A COUNTRY BUILT ON RACIAL CASTE, WE MUST CONFRONT THE FACT THAT OUR SCHOOLS ARE NOT BROKEN.

THEY ARE OPERATING AS DESIGNED."

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.

UPCOMING EVENTS

2/10

An Evening with Nikole Hannah-Jones

2/11

The McClatchy Symposium at Stanford University

2/17

UVA Democracy Initiative Lecture

2/18

Harvard Business School Association of Boston 2020 Black History Month Fireside Chat

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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.
The Root 100, 2018