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Nikole Hannah-Jones in conversation with Aurora Vergara Figueroa

The 1619 Project and historical reparations in the Americas

 
Cartagena 2025, 

Nikole Hannah-Jones (United States) is a journalist who specialises in racial justice, and who received the Pulitzer Prize for the 1619 Project, a collaborative effort that has also published a book and made a documentary film exploring the history of slavery in the United States. She will speak to Colombian academic Aurora Vergara about the 1619 Project and the new movements for historical reparation which are arising all over the Americas, working to recover the silenced histories of racialized groups who have been left out of official history.

Simultaneous interpretation from English to Spanish

Nikole Hannah-Jones in conversation with Aurora Vergara Figueroa