“The 1619 Project” creator Nikole Hannah-Jones needed just one word to describe what it was like to pose on the red-white-and-blue carpet with Oprah Winfrey. “Insane!” Hannah-Jones told Variety as …
It would suffice to say that the experience of “The 1619 Project” has been quite a rush. It’s been four years since Hannah-Jones pitched her editors at The New York Times Magazine on the long-form piece, which analyzes the socioeconomic and political practices that began with the arrival of the first enslaved Africans to Virginia in 1619 and ripple through modern society.
“I could not have imagined it would have this impact, and I certainly couldn’t have foreseen a night like this,” she said, adding, “I just feel the ancestors tonight. My work is trying to vindicate, to some degree, everything that they had to suffer, so it feels amazing.” “By centering the contributions of Black Americans in our country’s history, ‘The 1619 Project’ asks us to shine a light on the consequences that slavery has in our everyday lives,” Duncan told the crowd. “It is my hope that this series will engage, empower and encourage audiences to reflect on these inspirational and at times difficult truth in service of a provocative solution-oriented discourse and healing.
Following the screening, Winfrey led Hannah-Jones, Williams and Guy in a Q&A about the episode and the challenges of making the series.
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