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Nikole Hannah-Jones announced she will not teach at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill following a fight over tenure. She is pictured here being interviewed at her home in Brooklyn.
By Leah Asmelash, CNN
After months of grappling with the university over her tenureship, Nikole Hannah-Jones announced Tuesday she would not stay on at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, choosing instead, along with writer Ta-Nehisi Coates, to join the faculty of Howard University, one of the most prestigious historically Black universities in the country.
It’s a significant decision, as Black colleges and universities (HBCUs)