Colson Whitehead New York USA county Grant Entertainment and Colson Whitehead New York USA county Grant

Black Authors Nikole Hannah-Jones And Colson Whitehead Win Pulitzer Prizes

Reading now: 657
www.essence.com

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.

Read more on essence.com
The website starsalert.com is an aggregator of news from open sources. The source is indicated at the beginning and at the end of the announcement. You can send a complaint on the news if you find it unreliable.

Related News

DMCA