Nikole Hannah-Jones, creator of the 1619 Project, said she will not join the faculty of the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill without tenure, according to a letter from her legal team published by NC PolicyWatch.
Hannah-Jones will not start her job as Knight Chair in Race and Investigative Journalism at the university’s Hussman School of Journalism and Media on July 1, according to the letter, which was published Tuesday. The university faces mounting calls to offer the acclaimed journalist tenure.
Joel Curran, a spokesperson for UNC, confirmed the university was contacted by attorneys representing Hannah-Jones.
“While this remains a confidential personnel matter … we feel she will add great value to the Carolina campus,”
