Author: Nikole Hannah-Jones

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September 20, 2026 Nikole Hannah-Jones

In Fighting for Every Black Child, Did I Betray My Own?

A decade ago, I made a decision about my daughter’s education that I hoped would challenge New York City’s separate and unequal school system. Now 16, she thinks I made the wrong choice.

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July 2, 2016 Nikole Hannah-Jones

Choosing a School for My Daughter in a Segregated City

How one school became a battleground over which children benefit from a separate and unequal system.

Blacks Brooklyn (NYC)de Blasio, Bill Education (K-12)Hannah-Jones, Nikole Hispanic-Americans Public School 307 (Brooklyn, NY)Public School 8 (Brooklyn, NY)Segregation and Desegregation

July 2, 2016 Nikole Hannah-Jones

Choosing a School for My Daughter in a Segregated City

How one school became a battleground over which children benefit from a separate and unequal system.