“The 1619 Project” docuseries has a slightly different take on Hannah-Jones’ book and allows the audience to visualize more of what she wrote. The expected backlash occurred after she released her essay series in the The New York Times Magazine, but it escalated after it gained the attention of former president Donald Trump. You don’t make the project’s arguments and do not expect backlash.” 10, where Hannah-Jones attended and spoke to the CSUN community about her research.ĭuring her discussion, she stated, “I predicted, of course, there would be a backlash to the project. Her confusion and interest in finding out why our country is built that way led her to research this deeper.ĬSUN hosted an event on Feb. Hannah-Jones says she knew at a very young age that the United States was built on racism.

Many of the experiences and struggles she discusses hit close to home for her and her family.

As you watch the series, you are able to understand the value of contributions from Black culture and what they mean to people.īeing both the narrator and producer of the series, we can see how personal the process of making this was for Hannah-Jones. Some of the topics include justice, fear, capitalism and music. The docuseries expands on Hannah-Jones’ writings, with each episode broken up into a specific topic. The show isn’t the easiest to watch, but it is a great learning experience to gain knowledge and information on what occurred during this time. She examines and digs into the legacy of slavery and how it has shaped American life with the events that occurred during the project’s title year. The controversy and conversations sparked by author and journalist Nikole Hannah-Jones’ project were never-ending, and the Pulitzer Prize-winning collection of essays captivated readers and ignited discussions on how Black history in the United States has been largely unexamined for years.įollowing the success with her essay series, Hannah-Jones decided to make a new adaption – a six-part limited documentary series on Hulu under the same name. It’s impossible not to say that “The 1619 Project” was a phenomenal concept when it premiered in the New York Times Magazine in 2019.

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