The National Association of Scholars (NAS) is calling for the Pulitzer Prize Board to revoke the prize awarded to Nicole Hannah-Jones, the leading author of the New York Times’ “1619 Project.”
In an open letter published Tuesday, 21 scholars and public writers urged the Board to acknowledge that it has “erred” in awarding the 2020 Prize for Commentary to Hannah-Jones’s essay that spearheaded the 1619 Project, which aims to reframe American history by presenting the United States as a nation that is inherently racist, with slavery as its foundation.
