Congratulations are in order for Black writers, who are ensuring our history is never erased. Nikole Hannah-Jones and Colson Whitehead were among those awarded Pulitzer Prizes on Monday.
Hannah-Jones was honored with the 2020 Pulitzer Prize for Commentary for The 1619 Project. Published by The New York Times Magazine, the project details in personal essays and podcasts the journey Black Americans have gone through after they arrived on the shores of what would become the United States of America.
Using investigative journalism and primary sources, it displays their experiences in excruciating detail. Hannah-Jones, who received a MacArthur Foundation “Genius Grant” in 2017, accepted the award remotely due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
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