A group of scholars is demanding the Pulitzer Board revoke writer Nikole Hannah-Jones’ Pulitzer Prize for her introductory essay in The New York Times’ 1619 Project, in which she claimed that the American Revolution was fought in large part to preserve slavery.
“We call on the Pulitzer Prize Board to rescind the 2020 Prize for Commentary awarded to Nikole Hannah-Jones for her lead essay in ‘The 1619 Project,'” the statement begins, which was signed by 21 professors, academics, and historians. “That essay was entitled, ‘Our democracy’s founding ideals were false when they were written.’ But it turns out the article itself was false when written, making a large claim that protecting the institution of slavery was a primary motive for the American Revolution, a claim for which there is simply no evidence.”
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