![]() Nikole Hannah-Jones speaks to a crowd in Bovard Auditorium on Tuesday. ![]() But we can’t get over something that our country has never fully acknowledged.” ![]() “Nobody wants to get over slavery more than Black people. Why don’t you get over it?’” Hannah-Jones told the crowd on Tuesday. “I wanted to answer the question that every Black person in America has gotten asked at least once: ‘Slavery was a long time ago. The Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist had not yet uttered a single word, but over the next hour she would have plenty to say about the legacy of slavery and the many ways it continues to influence contemporary life in the United States - a topic explored in-depth in the bestselling The 1619 Project book, a digital collection of essays, a podcast series and a new, six-part docuseries that premiered last month on Hulu. The moment Nikole Hannah-Jones walked onto the stage of USC’s Bovard Auditorium, the at-capacity audience of more than 1,200 people immediately rose to their feet to give the creator of The 1619 Project a prolonged standing ovation. ![]()
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