2022 Philip Roth Lecture with Nikole Hannah-Jones and Jelani Cobb
Friday, November 18th, 2022 | 7:00-9:00 PM
New Jersey Performing Arts Center
Lizzie and Jonathan Tisch Stage in the Victoria Theater | Newark, New Jersey
Doors open: 6:00 PM • Program: 7:00 PM • Book Signing: 8:15 PM*
You are cordially invited to attend The 2022 Philip Roth Lecture The Influence of the 1619 Project in the Fields of American History, Education, and Journalism with Nikole Hannah-Jones and Jelani Cobb.
Nikole Hannah-Jones is the Pulitzer Prize-winning creator of the 1619 Project at The New York Times Magazine. She has spent her career investigating racial inequality and injustice. Her reporting has earned her the MacArthur Fellowship, a Peabody Award, two George Polk Awards and the National Magazine Award three times.
Jelani Cobb is an award-winning writer for The New Yorker and a PBS Frontline correspondent for two critically acclaimed documentaries––Policing the Police and Whose Vote Counts. He is dean of the Columbia Journalism School.
The event is free and open to the public. ALL GUESTS MUST REGISTER.
Please click here to register for the Zoom live stream of the program.
Please register for the in-person event using the Google form below. Capacity is capped at 500 guests. If we reach maximum capacity, please continue to register as you will be included on the waiting list and added to the registration as seats become available. Click here to download the invitation.
*Books will be available for purchase at the event.
Please note: In alignment with the City of Newark, masks are recommended.
For more information visit www.npl.org or call 973.424.1832.
