
UNC donors slammed creeping 'Marxism' amid debate over tenure for Nikole Hannah-Jones, emails show
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During its monthslong debate over bringing in 1619 Project writer Nikole Hannah-Jones as a tenured professor, donors slammed the University of North Carolina Chapel Hill for allowing Marxism to take root at the school, emails obtained by Fox News show.
The decision sparked a backlash on the left as well, and the school’s board of trustees eventually voted in favor of granting her tenure. On June 22, the Pulitzer-winning journalist turned down the job and took a tenured position at Howard University instead. The UNC emails, obtained by Fox News, include a range of discussions on various aspects of the saga. In September of last year, two "long time" donors sent an email to Board of Trustees Chairman Richard Stevens saying they had withdrawn planned deferred gifts and were reassessing their relationship with the university, accusing it of aligning with the Black Lives Matter movement, "a self-proclaimed Marxist organization."More Related News