JCSU Lyceum Engagement Series Featuring a Conversation with Nikole Hannah-Jones

Nikole Hannah-Jones, a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and writer, visited Johnson C. Smith University as a Lyceum Engagement Speaker Johnson C. Smith University at the Gambrell Auditorium in Historic Biddle Hall in Charlotte, North Carolina on March 21st. She is best known for creating the 1619 Project, which examines the legacy of slavery in America. 

Hannah-Jones has a Master of Arts in Mass Communication from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and a B.A. in History and African-American studies from the University of Notre Dame. 

She is dedicated to investigating issues of racial inequality and injustice, and her reporting has earned her numerous prestigious awards, including the MacArthur Fellowship, the Peabody Award, and the National Magazine Award. Hannah-Jones is also the Knight Chair of Race and Journalism at Howard University, where she founded the Center for Journalism and Democracy. 

She co-founded the Ida B. Wells Society for Investigative Reporting, an organization that aims to increase the number of investigative reporters and editors of color in the field. Recently, she opened the 1619 Freedom School, a free after-school literacy program in her hometown of Waterloo, Iowa.