Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist nhannahjones discusses 1619Hulu, and what books are currently on her bedside table.
series, podcast, and book that, on January 26, launched in its latest iteration as a six-episode docu-series on Hulu. After nearly four years in the public eye, the project—which traces the experiences of Black Americans to their original enslavement in 1619 at a coastal port in Virginia—has inspired curriculums, won Hannah-Jones a Pulitzer Prize, and even incited legal tension between her and former employer Chapel Hill following a host of backlash from right wing critics.
I wish I was the visionary who could have foreseen all of this. I’m a print reporter, so I always think in that way. When I first pitched the project, I did have an idea for a podcast but had never thought about film. So I've been surprised by everything it’s become. What surprised me most is how much thirst there is, that there are so many people who want to understand our country better.
From the beginning of Black people being brought to the United States, we've been posed as a problem. If you go on Google and search “the Negro Problem” or “Black problem,” you will see reams of studies going back decades that are trying to resolve “what is wrong with Black people.” That comes, of course, from this psychology that developed around Black people during the time of slavery—that we are an internal enemy.
You know, journalism tends to be a solitary profession. You go out, report your story, write your story. And then finally after laboring by yourself over it, you hand it over to an editor. What's been so beautiful about this project, and all of its iterations, is how collaborative it's been. You know, I've written about these issues really for my entire career. They’re why I became a journalist. I let myself feel the pain because I think you have to tap into that emotion to do justice to the subject matter. I'm always reminded of why I'm doing this work. It is hard, but it is necessary.
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