'The 1619 Project' Wins Emmy Amid Ongoing Controversy

Nikole Hannah-Jones and Oprah Winfrey among the recipients of the award for the Hulu docuseries, which continues to face backlash for its interpretation of American history.

The 1619 Project, a Hulu docuseries based on Nikole Hannah-Jones' Pulitzer Prize-winning long-form journalism endeavor for The New York Times, won the Emmy Award for Outstanding Documentary or Nonfiction Series.
The series, which aims to reframe American history by placing the consequences of slavery and the contributions of Black Americans at the center of the United States' founding narrative, has been met with significant controversy and criticism.
Following the Emmy win, Hannah-Jones responded to critics by posting a video of herself with her trophy, stating 'WE WON THE EMMY so write what you want. We do our work on behalf of the ancestors!'
Despite the Emmy win, the series continues to face backlash for its alleged historical inaccuracies, with critics arguing that it promotes divisive rhetoric and has become an integral part of curriculum in some schools that have adopted a critical race theory lens to study history.
Former President Donald Trump and other politicians have criticized The 1619 Project, with Trump calling it 'toxic propaganda and ideological poison.' In response to the project, Trump signed an executive order to create a 1776 Commission that would promote 'patriotic education.'