Renewed Attention on Historically Black Colleges, Universities
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FILE - In this July 6, 2021, file photo, an electronic signboard welcomes people to the Howard University campus in Washington. Howard is one of more than 100 HBCUs recognized by the U.S. Department of Education. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File)
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Would you turn down a top national university for a historically black college and university, or HBCU, in the United States?
Nikole Hannah-Jones did.
Hannah-Jones is the Pulitzer Prize-winning writer who created
The New York Times’ 1619 Project. She was recently offered a job at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, UNC. The school is one of the top national universities. The offer came without