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Chicago MLK Dream Week Commemoration 2022 Keynote featuring Nikole Hannah-Jones
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Nikole Hannah-Jones will participate in a conversation with Dr. Linda I Suleiman and Robin Walker Sterling. Suleiman is director of diversity and inclusion, McGaw Medical Center of Northwestern University; assistant dean of medical education and assistant professor of orthopedic surgery and medical education at Northwestern University, Feinberg School of Medicine. Sterling is associate dean for clinical education; director of the Bluhm Legal Clinic; and Mayer Brown/Robert A. Helman Professor of Law at Northwestern University, Pritzker School of Law.

The Northwestern University Martin Luther King Jr. Dream Week Commemoration Keynote will feature Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter Nikole Hannah Jones.  Hannah-Jones is an investigative reporter covering racial injustice and creator of the New York Times’ 1619 Project. Published in 2019, the 1619 Project commemorated the 400th anniversary of the beginning of slavery in what would become the United States, examined slavery’s modern legacy, and reframed the way Americans understand history and the contributions of Black Americans to the nation. Hannah-Jones lead essay was awarded the 2020 Pulitzer Prize for commentary.

In 2016, Hannah-Jones co-founded the Ida B. Wells Society for Investigative Reporting, a training and mentorship program for increasing the ranks of investigative reporters of color.

Learn more about the work of Nikole Hannah-Jones.