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Journalist Nikole Hannah-Jones Takes Job at Howard University after Tenure Fight
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Nikole Hannah-Jones, a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist, decided on Tuesday she would not accept a position at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (UNC) but, rather, would continue her career by accepting a position at Howard University in Washington, D.C. Howard University is a private, historically black university in the nation’s capital.
Hannah-Jones and her supporters fought hard to get a tenured professorship at UNC. Tenure is a life-time appointment for a professor. The university first denied tenure for Hannah-Jones, saying it was concerned about her ideas and her teaching ability. Black students, Black professors and other professionals questioned the university’s opinion and its commitment to free speech and
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The TV icon has been under attack online since Wednesday, when she hailed Pennsylvania Supreme Court officials’ decision to overturn her former The Cosby Show co-star’s 2018 rape conviction and set him free, citing legal technicalities during his trial.
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“FINALLY!!!! A terrible wrong is being righted- a miscarriage of justice is corrected!” she tweeted, alongside a photo of a smiling Cosby.
The instant backlash prompted Rashad to try and clarify her comment, insisting she stands by sexual assault survivors for speaking out, and claiming she didn’t mean to be “insensitive” with her post – although she notably did not apologize or retract her support for the disgraced comedian.
Bill Cosby Reacts to Howard University Drama as Phylicia Rashad Apologizes to Students
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Phylicia has apologized to Howard University students while Bill Cosby agrees with actress Stephanie Mills that the school should return his donation if they really fire Phylicia. Jul 5, 2021
Phylicia Rashad has deleted her controversial Twitter post celebrating
Bill Cosby s prison release and offered up her most sincere apology to those she offended.
The TV icon has been under attack online since Wednesday (30Jun21), when she hailed Pennsylvania Supreme Court officials decision to overturn her former [t=The Cosby Sho co-star s 2018 rape conviction and set him free, citing legal technicalities during his trial.