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Exclusive: Ibram X. Kendi Presents The Underground Railroad with 2022 Peabody Award
‘When we set out to make The Underground Railroad the primary goal for me was to honor the legacy of my ancestors,’ director/showrunner Barry Jenkins said.
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Obama Drops His Favorite Tracks Of 2021
Plus, the former president shares his favorite books and films of the year
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Nikole Hannah-Jones, Creator of the New York Times' 1619 Project, Awarded 2020 Pulitzer Prize
We called it: Nikole Hannah-Jones, the investigative journalist who was the brainchild of the groundbreaking 1619 project, is an embodiment of unity. Today, the Pulitzer Prize Board recognized it too by awarding Hannah-Jones the 2020 Pulitzer for Commentary. “The arts have the power to sustain, unite and inspire us during times of uncertainty and fear,”…
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Colson Whitehead Wins Pulitzer Prize for The Underground Railroad
Colson Whitehead, author of the 2016 National Book Award-winning novel The Underground Railroad, won the Pulitzer Prize for fiction Monday. Whitehead’s novel has been heralded by everyone from Oprah Winfrey to Barack Obama since being published in August 2016. According to Doubleday, The Underground Railroad has sold more than 825,000 copies in the U.S. The…
