1619 Project Creator Raked In $1M+ Last Year For College Speeches On Inequality

Nikole Hannah-JonesThe creator of the 1619 ProjectLast year, she earned big bucks from dozens college campuses by giving speeches condemning America and shameing her audience for being American. “one of the most unequal societies in the history of the world,” According to the pay records that were examined by The Daily Wire.

According to Daily Wire analysis, Hannah-Jones gave 33 speeches in 2022 that netted her more than $1.2million. One million dollars was spent on 27 speeches that Hannah-Jones delivered at colleges. The Daily Wire’s estimate is based on records from 11 schools which responded to Freedom of Information requests and showed payments averaging $40,000 each.

Probability is that the $1.2 million figure is significantly exaggerated, as the list of speeches was incomplete. Private institutions could have paid Hanah Joness more than the $40,000 fees charged by public schools.

She was able to accumulate tens or thousands of dollars for some without even leaving the house. The Cleveland Public Library paid her $20,000 to give a Zoom lecture in November. Other perks included first-class airfare.

$1,2 million could cover 175 years of tuition with the help of speaking fees Grand Rapids Community CollegeHannah-Jones gave a speech in January at the Oregon Department of Education for $25,000; she was paid with a mixture of school and private money. A parents group in 2021 criticized the Oregon Department of Education’s use of funds meant to be used for educational purposes. benefit the neediest Hannah-Jones will be paid $50,000. That’s $14,000 an hour.

The 1619 Project was an article in the New York Times Magazine, which posited that antiblack racism has shaped every aspect of American society. Historians It has been condemned by all political parties, including those who believe it contains serious factual errors. “one of the primary reasons the colonists decided to declare their independence from Britain was because they wanted to protect the institution of slavery.”

Hannah-Jones was half-white, half-black, and was raised in Iowa. Her writings about the oppression faced by black Americans in America have made her a millionaire. Speeches are just one of many streams of income.

Hannah-Jones earned $75,000 in July Not In a legal settlement, she was permitted to work as a professor at the University of North Carolina. UNC offered her the job of a professor. But, the board of trustees delayed her tenure approval before finally agreeing to her. Hannah Jones claimed racism and threatened legal action, and she turned down the job once tenure was offered.

Many speeches are used to sell books, in addition to the high speaking fees. BookScan statistics show that there have been over a million sales of books. 1619 Project: An Origin Story It has sold 456,000 copies. That could translate into $2 million in royalties, according to industry standards. (It’s unknown how much of the royalties go to Hannah-Jones versus the New York Times.)

In September, Hannah-Jones gave a talk as part of an Arlington, Virginia, library program–where her books were also sold–whose $40,000 price tag caused budget problems For a library group.

Hannah-Jones forged a partnership with Oprah Winfrey & Lionsgate in 2020 to develop 1619 “into an expansive portfolio of feature films, television series and other content,” Included is a Hulu series That will be the premier of this month.

Hannah-Jones “will serve as the creative leader and producer in developing feature films, television series, documentaries, unscripted programming and other forms of entertainment enlisting world-class Black creative voices to help adapt her celebrated series chronicling the ways that the original sin of slavery in America still permeates all aspects of our society today,” A press release said.

She has been a recipient of cash from the MacArthur Foundation for many years. $625,000 “genius grant” that was paid in the form of $125,000 per year from 2017 to 2021, according to nonprofit filings.

The Knight Foundation gave away $2.5 million in 2021 $5 million Howard University in order to provide a job for her, the Knight Chair In Race and Journalism. Other donors also contributed. $20 million–including $5 million from MacArthur–to Howard University to bring Hannah-Jones on as its “Knight Chair in Race and Journalism,” Together with Ta-Nehisi coates. Hannah-Jones was then tasked with creating the Center for Journalism & Democracy (University of Howard). “first-of-its-kind academic center committed to strengthening historically-informed, pro-democracy journalism.” The Center held its first event, “Democracy Summit,” Nov.

It’s unclear how Hannah-Jones manages to serve Howard while juggling so many other projects. Hannah-Jones still refers Although she describes herself as a New York Times Magazine reporter, her byline page In recent years, at the Times has been relatively quiet. She did not return a request for comment.

You can find her personal web pageThe banner quote blasts: “I see my work as forcing us to confront our hypocrisy.”

The following speeches are available:

1/19/2022 – Union League Club of Chicago1/21/2022 : Metro State University Denver (via Zoom $25,0001/25/2022 University of Wisconsin $55,0001/16/2022 – University of Buffalo1/31/2022 – Grand Rapids Community College $25,0002/1/2022 – Fordham University2/9/2022 – University of Houston (via Zoom).3/15/2022 – Notre Dame3/22/2022 – Southern Methodist University3/23/2022

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