Academics, Writers, Athletes Stand By '1619 Project' Founder Who Still Isn't Tenured
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The University of North Carolina's failure to offer tenure to Nikole Hannah-Jones upon her appointment is shameful, several public figures wrote.
More than 250 public figures and other advocates have signed a letter in support of Nikole Hannah-Jones, the Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and creator of “The 1619 Project” who has yet to be offered tenure at the University of North Carolina’s Hussman School of Journalism. The letter was published Tuesday in The Root, a site focused on Black news and culture, and signed by numerous well-known academics, writers, athletes and other public figures, including political activist Angela Davis, author Ta-Nehisi Coates, director Ava DuVernay and former NBA star Dwyane Wade. The letter accuses UNC of bowing to pressure from conservatives opposed to “The 1619 Project,” an effort Hannah-Jones helmed at The New York Times Magazine to reshape the telling and teaching of American history and examine the consequences of enslaving Black people on U.S. soil.
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