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Nikole Hannah-Jones, creator of the 1619 Project, announced Thursday she is considering legal action against the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and its board of trustees over what she believes is anti-democratic suppression.
Earlier this month, The New York Times Magazine writer was denied tenure after being appointed as the Knight Chair in Race and Investigative Journalism at UNC’s Hussman School of Journalism and Media.
In a statement Thursday, legal counsel to Hannah-Jones said that despite a recommendation by the journalism department and senior university officials, she was denied the same tenure allotted to previous UNC Knight Chairs.
Nikole Hannah-Jones, a creator of the 1619 Project who is scheduled to start as a professor at the university this summer, has retained lawyers to represent her in a dispute over tenure.
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1619 Project Creator Nikole Hannah-Jones Considers Legal Action Over UNC Tenure Denial I am obligated to fight back against a wave of anti-democratic suppression that seeks to . silence Black voices and chill free speech, the journalist said.
Nikole Hannah-Jones, the creator of The New York Times’ “1619 Project,” said she is considering legal action against the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill after she wasn’t offered tenure for her new position with the school.
“I had no desire to bring turmoil or a political firestorm to the university that I love, but I am obligated to fight back against a wave of anti-democratic suppression that seeks to prohibit the free exchange of ideas, silence Black voices and chill free speech,” Hannah-Jones said in a statement Friday.