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Outrage sparked after tenured position not offered to acclaimed journalist

Faculty members of a North Carolina university want an explanation for the school's reported decision to back away from offering a tenured teaching position to journalist Nikole Hannah-Jones, whose work on the country's history of slavery has drawn the ire of conservatives.
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Faculty members of a North Carolina university want an explanation for the school's reported decision to back away from offering a tenured teaching position to journalist Nikole Hannah-Jones, whose work on the country's history of slavery has drawn the ire of conservatives.

Reporter : Joe Fisher
Photographer : Brad Simmons
Web Editor : Sydney Franklin
Posted 2021-05-19T22:28:34-0400 - Updated 2021-05-19T22:28:34-0400