Michael Harriot is a writer at the Grio, a contributing columnist at the Guardian, an Emmy-nominated staff writer for Peacock’s The Amber Ruffin Show and the creator of Drapetomaniax: Unshackled History
He is the winner of 2019 NABJ awards for Daily Commentary as well as Public Affairs Program, the 2021 NABJ award for Magazine Reporting and the recipient of the NYABJ’s Trailblazer Award.
His second book Black AF History: The Unwhitewashed Story of America will be released in September.
