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UNC-Chapel Hill denies tenure to 1619 Project author Nikole Hannah-Jones


The University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill did not approve tenure for New York Times Magazine journalist and The 1619 Project lead author Nikole Hannah-Jones after conservative groups complained about her hire at the school, NC Policy Watch reported Wednesday.

Hannah-Jones was recruited for the Knight Chair in Race and Investigative Journalism which, at the UNC-Chapel Hill campus, is typically a tenured position, NC Policy Watch reported.


Hannah-Jones was recruited for the Knight Chair in Race and Investigative Journalism which, at the UNC-Chapel Hill campus, is typically a tenured position, NC Policy Watch reported.

Not long after Hannah-Jones's hire was announced last month, the decision was critiqued by conservative groups in North Carolina, the NC Policy Watch and the Raleigh News & Observer reported.

Those groups specifically called out her role in The 1619 Project, which examines the role slavery played in the U.S. founding. It has been criticized by conservatives as being skewed and inaccurate and some states have sought to ban it from classrooms.