Nikole Hannah-Jones

Acting

Nikole Hannah-Jones

Born 1976-04-09 · Waterloo, Iowa, USA

Nikole Hannah-Jones is an American investigative journalist known for her coverage of civil rights in the United States. In April 2015, she became a staff writer for The New York Times.

Acting credits

W.E.B. Du Bois: Rebel With a Cause poster
6.0

Explore the life and legacy of notable Black scholar and civil rights pioneer W.E.B. Du Bois. From his birth, just five years after the Emancipation Proclamation; to his death, on the eve of the March on Washington in 1963, his legacy as an activist continues to resonate today.

W.E.B. Du Bois: Rebel With a Cause

2026

Seeing America with Megan Rapinoe poster
NR

World champion soccer player and trailblazing activist Megan Rapinoe hosts a fearless conversation with Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Nikole Hannah-Jones, and acclaimed television host Hasan Minhaj. Watch these change-makers come together to talk about the challenges we face as a nation.

Seeing America with Megan Rapinoe

2020

Justice Now: A BET News Special poster
1.0

Marc Lamont Hill hosts leading African American voices in activism, politics and entertainment, including a dialogue with George Floyd’s family, former NBA player Stephen Jackson, Senator Cory Booker, singer John Legend, rapper TIP “T.I.” HARRIS, Pulitzer Prize-winning Journalist Nikole Hannah-Jones, activist Tamika Mallory, NAACP President Derrick Johnson and more.

Justice Now: A BET News Special

2020

East Lake Meadows: A Public Housing Story poster
7.0

The history of the East Lake Meadows public housing project in Atlanta and the people who lived there from 1970 to its demolition in 2000, with special emphasis on the activism of Eva Davis asserting the rights of the tenants.

East Lake Meadows: A Public Housing Story

2020

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NR

A documentary following the civil rights movement and how the media, in particular the burgeoning TV, was used to fight for equality in the 1960s. From Selma to Charlottesville, we also see how modern activists use today's technology to continue fighting injustice today.

Hope & Fury: MLK, the Movement and the Media

2018