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‘The 1619 Project’ comes to TV with Oprah-produced docuseries

LOS ANGELES, United States (AFP) – “The 1619 Project,” which began as a New York Times essay series about the impact of slavery on United States history and became a lightning rod for intense political divisions, will launch a new television docuseries produced by Oprah Winfrey this Thursday. The Hulu six-part series is fronted by journalist Nikole Hannah-Jones, who won a Pulitzer Prize for her work producing the original project — written mainly by Black scholars — […]