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Nikole Hannah-Jones, creator of The 1619 Project, was on CBS News on Saturday
She was asked about her controversial project, reimagining U.S. history
Hannah-Jones said that all journalism is activism by way of defense
The journalist has been criticized for her remarks in 2019 about Cuba
She has also embroiled in a row over the offer of a teaching job in North Carolina
The University of North Carolina offered her a job, but not a tenured position
Hannah-Jones last week announced she was going to teach at Howard instead
Hannah-Jones announced she will join the historically-black Howard University
She rejected the University of North Carolina s tenure offer after a months-long controversy over her appointment
UNC had stopped her tenure application due to her lack of teaching experience and amid criticism over the 1619 Project s inaccuracies and generalizations
Ugly brawl erupted at trustee meeting after group of protesters stormed session
Hannah-Jones had claimed a powerful donor blocked her from life role
Nikole Hannah-Jones rejects UNC tenure offer to take position at Howard University, backed by millions in foundation funding
New York Times Magazine staff writer and 1619 Project creator Nikole Hannah-Jones announced in an exclusive interview on “CBS This Morning” with co-host Gayle King that she was rejecting an offer of tenure from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (UNC).
Instead, Hannah-Jones explained that she would accept a tenured professorship at Howard University in Washington D.C. as the Knight Chair in Race and Reporting at the Cathy Hughes School of Communication.
Nikole Hannah-Jones
Hannah-Jones will join writer Ta-Nehisi Coates (who wrote
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