Nikole Hannah-Jones, creator of the 1619 Project, announced Thursday she is considering legal action against the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and its board of trustees over what she believes is "anti-democratic suppression." The New York Times' 1619 Project is a long-form collaboration that seeks to "reframe the country's history" by bringing slavery and racism to the forefront of the national narrative. While the project has been championed by Democratic audiences, it has been rejected by some as an inaccurate representation of history. In a statement Thursday, Hannah-Jones suggested her tenure denial was a consequence of partisan objection to her project. The group alleged Hannah-Jones’ tenure rejection is a result of partisan efforts to "revise the truth of racism" and "to censor honest conversations about race in America."

Source: Fox News May 28, 2021 00:56 UTC