She will instead be the inaugural Knight Chair in Race and Reporting at Howard University, she told "CBS This Morning" anchor Gayle King. UNC had initially denied Hannah-Jones tenure following backlash to her signature work, the 1619 Project, which examines the long-term consequences of slavery in America. ‘1619 PROJECT’ FOUNDER LOSES TENURE OFFER AMID CRITICISM: REPORTShe said last month that she would not become a faculty member at UNC unless she was guaranteed tenure . "Because look what it took to get tenure," she said. Every other chair before me, who also happened to be White, received that position with tenure."

Source: Fox News July 06, 2021 13:26 UTC