NIKOLE HANNAH-JONES

Nikole Hannah-Jones says the contributions of Black people are often left out of the American story. Her mission is to reframe U.S. history through the lens of slavery.

Until and unless we see systemic change to properly desegregate our children’s schools and un-whitewash the curriculum, we need to fill the gaps ourselves.

It began as a prize-winning magazine issue and became a cultural flashpoint, and now “The 1619 Project” is coming out as a book.

They are two prominent historians with very different views of the past — and the present.

The fall book season will be packed with new works by such high-profile authors as Jonathan Franzen, Sally Rooney and Colson Whitehead.

In the aftermath of the heavily publicized Nikole Hannah-Jones tenure controversy, emails released by UNC-Chapel Hill reveal the extent to which wealthy donor Walter Hussman labored behind the scenes to dissuade university officials from offering the acclaimed journalist a tenure package. In a series of four November 2020 emails to Board of Trustees member Kelly […]

As one of the most prominent journalists in America, Nikole Hannah-Jones has been both admired and scorned. A clue to her unapologetic motivation can be found on Twitter.

In a draft of a letter, the faculty members say a process should be developed to gather more input into values that represent the school instead of a donor.

In the July 14 letter, Hussman, who has pledged $25 million to the journalism school, said he wanted to “set the record straight regarding the Knight Chair.”

Howard University students and faculty welcome Nikole Hannah-Jones, believing she will benefit both the university and the journalism she fights for.

One of the nation's most prestigious historically Black colleges got a major publicity boost recently when it announced two high-profile faculty hires.

At historically black colleges and universities, Hannah-Jones' decision is being celebrated as an important step toward redefining which schools should be considered among the most prestigious.

Arkansas published Walter Hussman’s actions at UNC, have diminished the journalism school that bears his name. (Letters to the Editor)

Some faculty want the donor’s name removed

With the surprise twin hiring of two of the country’s most prominent writers on race, Howard University in Washington, D.

From a battle to establish a Black cultural center on campus to the fallout of Silent Sam, racial conflict is not new to UNC-Chapel Hill

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The journalist will take her talents to Howard University

Black students and faculty at the University of North Carolina say the handling of the Nikole Hannah-Jones tenure case is yet another example of the institution’s failure to welcome and support scholars and students of color.

On Tuesday, Howard University made two high-profile hires, welcoming journalists Ta-Nehisi Coates and Nikole Hannah-Jones to its faculty.

After her grueling tenure fight, Hannah-Jones says it may be hard to have the society at a school named after a man “who seems to be in opposition to the very reason that we exist.”

Backed by charitable donations, Hannah-Jones announced a center at Howard University to foster diversity in journalism.

Journalist Nikole Hannah-Jones is using major philanthropic donors to build her future as a tenured professor at Howard University, just as other major donors sought to stymie the Pulitzer Prize-winning Black investigative reporter at the University of North Carolina.

Journalist Nikole Hannah-Jones used major philanthropic donors to build her future as a tenured professor at Howard University, just as other major donors sought to stymie the Pulitzer Prize-winning Black investigative reporter at the University of North Carolina. Backed by $20 million in donations, Hannah-Jones announced Tuesday the establishment of the Center for Journalism and Democracy at Howard to increase diversity in journalism. “How could I believe I’d be able to exert academic freedom with the school’s largest donor so willing to disparage me publicly and attempt to pull the strings behind the scenes?” Hannah-Jones wrote in a statement.

Actions that the UNC Black Student Movement and the Carolina Black Caucus, among others, are calling for in Chapel Hill.

“We completely understand the choice not to come to work at an institution that willfully disrespects you at every turn.”

Journalist Nikole Hannah-Jones spoke exclusively to "CBS This Morning" in her first interview since she was approved for tenure by the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Journalist Nikole Hannah-Jones spoke exclusively to "CBS This Morning" in her first interview since she was approved for tenure by the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

“While disappointed, we are not surprised.”

“While disappointed, we are not surprised.”

Journalist Nikole Hannah-Jones spoke exclusively to "CBS This Morning" in her first interview since she was approved for tenure by the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

The news is a blow to UNC, which has had its reputation damaged by its trustees reluctance to grant tenure to Hannah-Jones. Howard also announced writer Ta-Nehisi Coates will join its faculty.

She called it “a very difficult decision, not a decision I wanted to make.”

Nikole Hannah-Jones said that she had denied a tenure offer from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and will join the faculty at Howard University.

Nikole Hannah-Jones said that she had denied a tenure offer from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and will join the faculty at Howard University.

Nikole Hannah-Jones declines UNC tenure offer, takes Howard University job

Investigative journalist Nikole Hannah-Jones says she will not teach at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill following an extended fight over tenure.

WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. (AP) — Investigative journalist Nikole Hannah-Jones says she will not teach at the journalism school at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill following an extended fight over tenure there, and instead will take a tenured position at Howard University. UNC initially offered her a job without tenure after a board member challenged her teaching credentials, provoking weeks of tension. The whole situation was too much, Hannah-Jones explained as she announced her decision Tuesday on “CBS This Morning.”

After the UNC Board of Trustees reversed course and offered tenure to Nikole Hannah-Jones last week, the NYT Magazine journalist appeared unsure whether she would take the job.

Student activists say the disconnect between the UNC-Chapel Hill Board of Trustees and the student body goes deeper than the board’s makeup.

Dean Susan King said “nothing has changed” in regard to Nikole Hannah-Jones joining the faculty. A student says, “The big question that we all have now is if she’s going to come.”

Dean Susan King said “nothing has changed” in regard to Nikole Hannah-Jones joining the faculty. A student says, “The big question that we all have now is if she’s going to come.”

One student said she was manhandled by a campus police officer trying to get her out of the ballroom where the meeting was held.

Can UNC reverse the damage done to its reputation?

The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill's trustees' earlier refusal to take up her case inspired a bruising national debate over race, journalism and academic freedom.

Students chanted “No Justice! No Peace!” as they were shoved into a hallway. They continued to shout, with some using a bullhorn aimed at the closed meeting room doors.

The meeting starts at 3 p.m. and is expected to be in closed session. UNC’s Black Student Movement is planning a protest at the meeting.

Trustees at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill have approved tenure for Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative journalist Nikole Hannah-Jones.

WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. (AP) — Weeks of tension over the hiring of investigative journalist Nikole Hannah-Jones at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill will now come down to a decision from the school's board of trustees on whether to offer her tenure. The trustees planned a special meeting Wednesday at which they are expected to vote on whether to offer tenure to Hannah-Jones, key architect of The 1619 Project for The New York Times Magazine that explored the bitter legacy of racism. The university had announced in April that Hannah-Jones, who won the Pulitzer Prize for her work on the project, would be joining the faculty in July.

Trustees of North Carolina's flagship public university are going to meet behind closed doors amid intense criticism of their decision not to offer tenure to investigative journalist Nikole Hannah-Jones.

Journalist Nikole Hannah-Jones and her legal team have said she won’t join the UNC faculty as expected July 1 without tenure.

The controversy has sparked a national debate about race, gender, academic freedom and the 1619 Project.

Long-standing grievances over the treatment of Black students, faculty and staff at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill have reemerged in light of the controversy over investigative journalist Nikole Hannah-Jones.

Students say racial issues on the Chapel Hill campus are bigger than just the question of whether journalist Nikole Hannah-Jones gets tenure.

Students say racial issues on the Chapel Hill campus are bigger than just the question of whether journalist Nikole Hannah-Jones gets tenure.

UNC student body president throws support behind Nikole Hannah-Jones

Nikole Hannah-Jones is refusing to join the faculty at UNC-Chapel Hill without tenure, a letter from her legal team to the university this week indicated.

UNC-CH trustees “have the reputation of UNC in their hands” and need to provide leadership, the journalism school dean says.

UNC-CH trustees “have the reputation of UNC in their hands” and need to provide leadership, the journalism school dean says.

Journalism school’s namesake responds to a column about UNC, Nikole Hannah-Jones and a debate about journalism

Florida has become the latest state to ban “critical race theory” from its public schools.

A major University of North Carolina donor whose name is on its journalism school says he is curious about how much research went into the selection of Nikole Hannah-Jones to join the faculty.

The chairman of the University of North Carolina's board of trustees says investigative journalist Nikole Hannah-Jones’ tenure application was halted because she didn’t come from a traditional academic background.

Two books based on the Pulitzer Prize-winning “1619 Project” will be released this fall, with contributions from Jesmyn Ward, Jason Reynolds, Ibram X.

Hulu will produce a documentary series based on “The 1619 Project.”.

Oprah Winfrey and Lionsgate are partnering with Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Nikole Hannah-Jones to adapt the The New York Times recent project examining the legacy of slavery for film and television. Lionsgate said Wednesday that it will work alongside The 1619 Project architect Hannah-Jones to develop a multi-media history of slavery and its effects in America for a worldwide audience. The 1619 Project launched in August 2019 in an issue of The New York Times Magazine to mark the 400th anniversary of the arrival of the first enslaved Africans to the American continent. Hannah-Jones will be a creative leader and producer in developing films, TV series, documentaries and more inspired by the reporting. The 1619 Project is also being adapted into a series of books.