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Johns Hopkins University claim that founder was enslaver is questioned

In a paper that has sparked considerable debate, several researchers argue that there isn't enough evidence to conclude that Johns Hopkins enslaved people. And some scholars counter that the most important questions about race and the university's past don't center on one man.

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UNC megadonor voiced concerns about the hiring Nikole Hannah-Jones, private emails reveal

Walter Hussman, a megadoner to the University of Northern California Chapel Hill voiced opposition to its hiring of New York Times Journalist Nikole Hannah-Jones, emails reveal.

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UNC backs down from offering 1619 Project author Nikole Hannah-Jones tenured position

1619 Project founder Nikole Hannah-Jones loses UNC tenure offer amid backlash over her un-factual and biased work UNC officials this week confirmed Nikole Hannah-Jones would join its journalism school as a professor with a five-year contract this summer It comes three weeks after it was announced she would have tenured position Conservatives expressed outrage at the tenure offer citing Hannah-Jones controversial 1619 Project for the New York Times The series reframed American history to start in 1619, when the first slaves from Africa arrived to Virginia, rather than 1776 when independence was declared It was heralded by some and criticized by others, including former President Donald Trump, who was opposed to the idea that it could be taught in schools

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NYT s 1619 Project author Nikole Hannah-Jones to teach journalism at University of North Carolina

NYT s 1619 Project author Nikole Hannah-Jones to teach journalism at University of North Carolina
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Why Republican efforts to ban the 1619 Project from classrooms are so misguided

Why Republican efforts to ban the 1619 Project from classrooms are so misguided
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