Top Stories of 2021: Nikole Hannah-Jones and UNC Controversy

Posted Dec 27, 2021
This year, Carolina made headlines following the UNC Board of Trustees’ decision to “take no action” on Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Nikole Hannah-Jones’ tenure application. This sparked community outrage both locally and nationally. Hannah-Jones was set to return to her alma mater in July as the Knight Chair in Race and Investigative Journalism. (Chapelboro.com)

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