TheMacArthur Foundation has announced the 24 recipients of its annual fellowship, often called the “genius grant,” which awards $625,000, no strings attached, to “exceptionally creative people” each year. One of them is the NY Times Magazine staff writer and PS 307 parent Nicole Hannah-Jones who wrote an extensive piece about her very personal school choice for her daughter in Brooklyn in 2016.
Nikole Hannah-Jones is an investigative journalist chronicling the demise of racial integration efforts and persistence of segregation in American society, particularly in education. She combines analyses of historical, academic, and policy research with moving personal narratives to bring into sharp relief a problem that many are unwilling to acknowledge still exists and its tragic consequences for African American individuals, families, and communities.
Read the New York Times interview with her after she was awarded.
Photo: John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation
