A Virtual FAN Program

and free book give-away

NIKOLE HANNAH-JONES

The 1619 Project

Friday, November 19 at 7 pm

Family Action Network (FAN) welcomes Nikole Hannah-Jones (left), author of the new book, The 1619 Project: A New Origin Story. Prof. Hannah-Jones will be interviewed by Carol Anderson, Ph.D., author of The Second; One Person, No Vote; and White Rage. Poet Natasha Trethewey, the Board of Trustees Professor of English at Northwestern University, will do a reading. 

The New York Times Magazine’s award-winning “1619 Project” issue, published in August 2019, reframed our understanding of American history by placing slavery and its continuing legacy at the center of our national narrative. Prof. Hannah-Jones weaves together 18 essays that explore the legacy of slavery in present-day America with 36 poems and works of fiction that illuminate key moments of oppression, struggle, and resistance. Click here to read The New York Times story behind the 1619 Project.

This virtual event is free and open to the public. Registration is required; click here. FAN will give away free copies of The 1619 Project. Recipients will be chosen randomly from the event’s Zoom attendance list, and books can be either picked up at The Book Stall, or be shipped if necessary. All details on the Zoom registration page.