NIKOLE HANNAH-JONES

Fox News host Greg Gutfeld gives his take on restorative justice and rising crime in America on "Gutfeld!"

High stars such as Lester Holt and Rachel Maddow didn't appear alongside NBC and MSNBC rank-and-file Guild members who walked off the job Thursday amid a labor dispute.

Hulu last week aired the first two episodes in a mini-series based on the New York Times Magazine's controversial 1619 Project, which has been taught in schools across the country.

Trustees at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill want to accelerate a School of Civic Life and Leadership, an idea hailed in some conservative media.

"1619 Project" creator Nikole Hannah-Jones is set to receive over $35,000 just for one Virginia county library speaking engagement next month.

New York Times writer Nikole Hannah-Jones spoke at a “racial healing town hall” Tuesday, taking aim at critics of the controversial 1619 Project on slavery.

The 1619 Project creator Nikole Hannah-Jones proclaimed that the mini-series based on her magnum opus will premiere on Hulu, touting that they traveled across the country to film it.

"1619 Project" founder Nikole Hannah-Jones declared at a democracy forum on Sunday, “It will always be hard for me to claim any sort of patriotism."

1619 Project founder Nikole Hannah-Jones mocked Asian Wave Alliance President Yiatin Chu on Thursday for a tweet about subway safety in New York City.

"1619 Project" creator Nikole Hannah-Jones told MSNBC that Gov. Youngkin, R-Va., is trying to block true history by outlawing Critical Race Theory in public schools.

Former President Barack Obama praised 1619 Project author Nikole Hannah-Jones on the opening of her Center for Journalism & Democracy at Howard University on Tuesday.

The controversial writer who reframed American history around the slave trade spoke at an Arlington Public Library event that touted itself around the idea of 'freedom to read.'

When Viola Davis, sculpted and hardened from months of training, first stood in the full garb of the Agojie warrior women, with her bare feet in the African sand, it was the culmination of not just the years-long push to make “The Woman King,” but of a lifelong battle.

The flagship school of North Carolina's university system announced Friday that it has reached a settlement with the journalist who ultimately shunned the school in an extended dispute over tenure and joined a historically Black university. David Boliek, chairman of the Board of Trustees at The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, said the settlement with Nikole Hannah-Jones was for less than $75,000 and was approved by school Chancellor Kevin Guskiewicz, news outlets reported.

Anyone 13 and older can access some of the commonly banned books through the library's app. The Brooklyn Public Library has also launched a similar initiative.

Wells, a journalist and one of the founders of NAACP, earned a posthumous Pulitzer citation in 2020.

Written By NewsOne Staff(Source NewsOne):Right-wing outlets continue their war against critical race theory and “The 1619 Project” creator and New York Times writer Nikole Hannah-Jones. During the 17-minute conversation, Chuck Todd asked Hannah-Jones a series of questions about the fake controversy around genuine discussions around race in public education. “I don’t really understand this idea that parents should decide what’s being taught,” Hannah-Jones began. Hannah-Jones has taught journalism and writing professionally. Responding to a question about adding more educators of color, Hannah-Jones highlighted a bigger issue she sees in the classroom.

By Oscar BlaytonMost folks in Black and brown communities have heard of The 1619 Project that was published by the New York Times Magazine in 2019. The 1619 Project sought only to do one thing – start an honest conversation about how toxic attitudes about race have shaped this nation’s past and made America the country it is today. These racially motivated jingoists have stirred The 1619 Project into the witches’ brew of grievance politics and created a screaming mob of frightened white people who fear that an open discussion of America’s history will take something away from them. And Nikole Hannah-Jones and the people who developed The 1619 Project should not be left to fight this battle alone. We cannot let Nikole Hannah-Jones and The 1619 Project fight this fight alone.

In an exclusive interview with The Associated Press, Pulitzer Prize-winning Black journalist Nikole Hannah-Jones said she is clear-eyed about her mission to force a reckoning around the nation’s self-image.

Nikole Hannah-Jones says the contributions of Black people are often left out of the American story. Her mission is to reframe U.S. history through the lens of slavery.

Until and unless we see systemic change to properly desegregate our children’s schools and un-whitewash the curriculum, we need to fill the gaps ourselves.

It began as a prize-winning magazine issue and became a cultural flashpoint, and now “The 1619 Project” is coming out as a book.

They are two prominent historians with very different views of the past — and the present.

The fall book season will be packed with new works by such high-profile authors as Jonathan Franzen, Sally Rooney and Colson Whitehead.

In the aftermath of the heavily publicized Nikole Hannah-Jones tenure controversy, emails released by UNC-Chapel Hill reveal the extent to which wealthy donor Walter Hussman labored behind the scenes to dissuade university officials from offering the acclaimed journalist a tenure package. In a series of four November 2020 emails to Board of Trustees member Kelly […]

As one of the most prominent journalists in America, Nikole Hannah-Jones has been both admired and scorned. A clue to her unapologetic motivation can be found on Twitter.

In a draft of a letter, the faculty members say a process should be developed to gather more input into values that represent the school instead of a donor.

In the July 14 letter, Hussman, who has pledged $25 million to the journalism school, said he wanted to “set the record straight regarding the Knight Chair.”

By Roger CaldwellAs a proud graduate of Howard University, a Black author, Documentaries, and a weekly contributor to NNPA, it all started at Drew Hall. Drew Hall is a male dormitory at Howard, and all of my 3 other siblings went to the great Howard University. Howard University, founded in 1867, is a private research university with 14 schools and colleges. “It is my pleasure to welcome to Howard two of today’s most respected and influential journalists,” said Wayne A. I. Frederick, M.D., MBA, president of Howard University. Hannah-Jones is the creator of the 1619 Project that will have a home at Howard University.

Howard University students and faculty welcome Nikole Hannah-Jones, believing she will benefit both the university and the journalism she fights for.

One of the nation's most prestigious historically Black colleges got a major publicity boost recently when it announced two high-profile faculty hires.

At historically black colleges and universities, Hannah-Jones' decision is being celebrated as an important step toward redefining which schools should be considered among the most prestigious.

Arkansas published Walter Hussman’s actions at UNC, have diminished the journalism school that bears his name. (Letters to the Editor)

Some faculty want the donor’s name removed

With the surprise twin hiring of two of the country’s most prominent writers on race, Howard University in Washington, D.

From a battle to establish a Black cultural center on campus to the fallout of Silent Sam, racial conflict is not new to UNC-Chapel Hill

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The journalist will take her talents to Howard University

Black students and faculty at the University of North Carolina say the handling of the Nikole Hannah-Jones tenure case is yet another example of the institution’s failure to welcome and support scholars and students of color.

On Tuesday, Howard University made two high-profile hires, welcoming journalists Ta-Nehisi Coates and Nikole Hannah-Jones to its faculty.

After her grueling tenure fight, Hannah-Jones says it may be hard to have the society at a school named after a man “who seems to be in opposition to the very reason that we exist.”

Backed by charitable donations, Hannah-Jones announced a center at Howard University to foster diversity in journalism.

Journalist Nikole Hannah-Jones is using major philanthropic donors to build her future as a tenured professor at Howard University, just as other major donors sought to stymie the Pulitzer Prize-winning Black investigative reporter at the University of North Carolina.

Journalist Nikole Hannah-Jones used major philanthropic donors to build her future as a tenured professor at Howard University, just as other major donors sought to stymie the Pulitzer Prize-winning Black investigative reporter at the University of North Carolina. Backed by $20 million in donations, Hannah-Jones announced Tuesday the establishment of the Center for Journalism and Democracy at Howard to increase diversity in journalism. “How could I believe I’d be able to exert academic freedom with the school’s largest donor so willing to disparage me publicly and attempt to pull the strings behind the scenes?” Hannah-Jones wrote in a statement.

Actions that the UNC Black Student Movement and the Carolina Black Caucus, among others, are calling for in Chapel Hill.

“We completely understand the choice not to come to work at an institution that willfully disrespects you at every turn.”

Journalist Nikole Hannah-Jones spoke exclusively to "CBS This Morning" in her first interview since she was approved for tenure by the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Journalist Nikole Hannah-Jones spoke exclusively to "CBS This Morning" in her first interview since she was approved for tenure by the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

“While disappointed, we are not surprised.”

“While disappointed, we are not surprised.”

Journalist Nikole Hannah-Jones spoke exclusively to "CBS This Morning" in her first interview since she was approved for tenure by the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

The news is a blow to UNC, which has had its reputation damaged by its trustees reluctance to grant tenure to Hannah-Jones. Howard also announced writer Ta-Nehisi Coates will join its faculty.

She called it “a very difficult decision, not a decision I wanted to make.”

Nikole Hannah-Jones said that she had denied a tenure offer from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and will join the faculty at Howard University.

Nikole Hannah-Jones said that she had denied a tenure offer from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and will join the faculty at Howard University.

Nikole Hannah-Jones declines UNC tenure offer, takes Howard University job

Investigative journalist Nikole Hannah-Jones says she will not teach at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill following an extended fight over tenure.

WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. (AP) — Investigative journalist Nikole Hannah-Jones says she will not teach at the journalism school at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill following an extended fight over tenure there, and instead will take a tenured position at Howard University. UNC initially offered her a job without tenure after a board member challenged her teaching credentials, provoking weeks of tension. The whole situation was too much, Hannah-Jones explained as she announced her decision Tuesday on “CBS This Morning.”

After the UNC Board of Trustees reversed course and offered tenure to Nikole Hannah-Jones last week, the NYT Magazine journalist appeared unsure whether she would take the job.

Trustees at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill have approved tenure for Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative journalist Nikole Hannah-Jones.

Trustees of North Carolina's flagship public university are going to meet behind closed doors amid intense criticism of their decision not to offer tenure to investigative journalist Nikole Hannah-Jones.

Long-standing grievances over the treatment of Black students, faculty and staff at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill have reemerged in light of the controversy over investigative journalist Nikole Hannah-Jones.

Florida has become the latest state to ban “critical race theory” from its public schools.

A major University of North Carolina donor whose name is on its journalism school says he is curious about how much research went into the selection of Nikole Hannah-Jones to join the faculty.

The chairman of the University of North Carolina's board of trustees says investigative journalist Nikole Hannah-Jones’ tenure application was halted because she didn’t come from a traditional academic background.

Two books based on the Pulitzer Prize-winning “1619 Project” will be released this fall, with contributions from Jesmyn Ward, Jason Reynolds, Ibram X.

Hulu will produce a documentary series based on “The 1619 Project.”.

Oprah Winfrey and Lionsgate are partnering with Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Nikole Hannah-Jones to adapt the The New York Times recent project examining the legacy of slavery for film and television. Lionsgate said Wednesday that it will work alongside The 1619 Project architect Hannah-Jones to develop a multi-media history of slavery and its effects in America for a worldwide audience. The 1619 Project launched in August 2019 in an issue of The New York Times Magazine to mark the 400th anniversary of the arrival of the first enslaved Africans to the American continent. Hannah-Jones will be a creative leader and producer in developing films, TV series, documentaries and more inspired by the reporting. The 1619 Project is also being adapted into a series of books.