Pulitzer Prize-Winner Nikole Hannah-Jones Comes to CSUN

  • Three women are seated on stage.

    Author and Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter Nikole Hannah-Jones (left) speaks with College of Health and Human Development Interim Dean Mechelle Best (center) and Africana Studies Department Chair Marquita Gammage. The discussion and book-signing event took place at the USU Plaza del Sol Performance Hall on Feb. 10, 2023. Photo by David J. Hawkins.

  • People stand in line holding books, waiting to have them signed.

    Students, staff and faculty members line up to have author and reporter Nikole Hannah-Jones sign copies of her book "The 1619 Project." Those in attendance at the Black History Month event were given a copy of the work that examines slavery in the United States and its modern repercussions. Photo by David J. Hawkins.

  • Student sits with Nikole Hannah-Jones at table. Student holds up book and both smile for the camera.

    Author Nikole Hannah-Jones poses for a photo with a fan during a book-signing for her anthology, "The 1619 Project." Photo by David J. Hawkins.

  • Three women pose, smiling, in front of CSUN banner

    Author Nikole Hannah-Jones poses for a photo with College of Health and Human Development Interim Dean Mechelle Best (left) and Paulette Theresa-Schechtel, faculty-counselor with University Counseling Services (right). Photo by David J. Hawkins.

Nikole Hannah-Jones, author and Pulitzer Prize-winning New York Times staff writer, made an appearance at CSUN as part of a series of Black History Month events on campus. She was interviewed by CSUN faculty members about her work “The 1619 Project” that has re-framed discussions about slavery in the United States.

Hannah-Jones, CSUN Africana Studies Chair Marquita Gammage and College of Health and Human Development Interim Dean Mechelle Best spoke before an audience at the University Student Union on Feb. 10, 2023.

Hannah-Jones, who covers racial injustice for the New York Times Magazine, discussed her book that commemorates the 400th anniversary of the beginning of slavery in what became the United States. “The 1619 Project,” that began as a special issue of the New York Times Magazine, then expanded to include a podcast, an anthology and a children’s book, examines the long-lasting repercussions of slavery.

“This is not just a job for me, it’s work I felt called to do. To repay a debt to my ancestors,” Hannah-Jones said.

Check out the event, in photos.

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