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February 11, 2026

1619 Project

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HILL: ‘1620’ history versus ‘1619’ fiction 

November 30, 2022 Frank Hill

Thanksgiving is a uniquely American holiday. It has its religious and historical roots in the Jamestown, Virginia, and Plymouth Rock, Massachusetts, settlements in 1619 and 1620, respectively.  Historical revisionists such as Nikole Hannah-Jones and The […]

Nikole Hannah Jones
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University policies, lawsuit threat led trustees to approve Nikole Hannah-Jones’ tenure offer

August 11, 2021 Matt Mercer

CHAPEL HILL — According to former UNC Chapel Hill trustee Charles Duckett, what actually happened behind the scenes was a much different process than what played out publicly in the controversy surrounding the journalism school’s […]

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Letter: Hannah-Jones won’t join UNC-CH faculty without tenure

June 23, 2021 The Associated Press

RALEIGH — Investigative journalist Nikole Hannah-Jones has told the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in a letter that she will not join the faculty at its journalism school without tenure, a report said […]

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Legislators may feature in ‘1619 Project’ writer’s UNC-tenure lawsuit

June 10, 2021 Matt Mercer

RALEIGH — Nikole Hannah-Jones, the writer behind the controversial ‘1619 Project’ and a recent hire at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill’s journalism school, is said to be considering a lawsuit against UNC-CH […]

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HILL: University tenure and politics at UNC Chapel Hill

June 2, 2021 Frank Hill

Tenure at universities is like a lifetime appointment to the Supreme Court. If you like the philosophy of the person who gets either, you love it. If you don’t agree with them, then both tenure […]

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‘1619 Project’ writer considering lawsuit to force tenure appointment

May 28, 2021 North State Journal Staff

RALEIGH – Nikole Hannah-Jones, the writer behind the controversial ‘1619 Project’ and a recent hire at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill’s journalism school, is said to be considering a lawsuit against UNC-CH […]

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Dispute over tenure offer for slavery project writer draws attention

May 21, 2021 Tom Foreman Jr., The Associated Press

CHAPEL HILL — Investigative writer Nikole Hannah-Jones’ tenure application at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill was not automatically approved by trustees because she didn’t come from a “traditional academic-type background,” and a […]

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PRAGER: 5 arguments against ‘America is a racist country’

July 15, 2020 Dennis Prager

The left-wing charge that America is a racist country is the greatest national libel since the Blood Libel against the Jews. America is, in fact, the least racist multiracial, multiethnic country in world history. Neither […]

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