Research Guides: Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration: Resources & Media

Hannah-Jones' Recent Writings, Talks and Interviews

The Resegregation of Jefferson County
What one Alabama town’s attempt to secede from its school district tells us about the fragile progress of racial integration in America. Published on Sept. 6, 2017.
Choosing a School for My Daughter in a Segregated City
How one school became a battleground over which children benefit from a separate and unequal system. Published on June 9, 2016.
The Best of Nikole Hannah-Jones
From The New York Times Magazine. Published on Oct. 11, 2017
The Problem We All Live With
WBEZ: This American Life: Nikole Hannah-Jones looks at a district that launched a desegregation program. Published on July 31, 2015.
NPR Fresh Air: How The Systemic Segregation Of Schools Is Maintained By 'Individual Choices'
Journalist Nikole Hannah-Jones tells Fresh Air's Terry Gross that when it comes to school segregation, separate is never truly equal. Published on Jan. 16, 2017.

Media

"Apostrophes": Nikole Hannah-Jones on Race, Education and Inequality, at Longreads Story Night. Published on Nov. 5, 2015.

Interview with Nikole Hannah-Jones at the Atlantic Education Summit, May 17-18, 2016.

Interview with with Nikole Hannah-Jones by Democracy Now!, a global news hour. Published on Sep 8, 2017.

New America's Education Policy Program for a discussion on how we can create a twenty-first century education system that gets a child's first ten years of learning off to a stronger and more equal start. Published on Oct. 26, 2016.