‘1619 Project’ Journalist Nikole Hannah-Jones Offered Tenure After Mostly Republican UNC Board Initially Declined Giving Her Tenured Position
The University of North Carolina Board of Trustees voted on Wednesday, June 30, to approve tenure for journalist Nikole Hannah-Jones following weeks of scrutiny and criticism from other faculty members after the board initially offered the Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist a non-tenured position at the school. In a three-hour closed session, the board approved tenure for…
