Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP, File On Wednesday, trustees for the University of North Carolina (UNC) at Chapel Hill voted to grant tenure to New York Times writer Nikole Hannah-Jones, founder of the notorious “1619 Project.” UNC had earlier revoked the offer of tenure, which usually forms part of the deal for a Knight Chair professorship. Conservatives spoke out against UNC’s move hiring Hannah-Jones, whose project pushes Marxist critical race theory, divides Americans by race, and arguably helped inspire the Black Lives Matter and antifa riots last summer. Protesters demonstrated Wednesday at the Carolina Inn, where the trustees held the meeting. Some black scholars and administrators said they were reconsidering their willingness to remain on the campus after watching how the board had treated Hannah-Jones, NPR reported.