Category: Nikole Hannah-Jones

Legislation to Prohibit Discriminatory Teaching in K-12 Classrooms Advances in South Carolina House

South Carolina legislation that would prohibit the teaching of critical race theory (CRT) in the K-12 classroom advanced in the House on April 21. House Bill 5183, or the South Carolina Transparency and Integrity in Education Act, would prevent “ideological and viewpoint biases” being presented as fact instead of theory while maintaining “complete histories of…


South Carolina Legislation to Prohibit Discriminatory Teaching in K–12 Classrooms Advances

Legislation in South Carolina that would prohibit the teaching of critical race theory (CRT) in K–12 classrooms was approved by the state’s House of Representatives on April 21. House Bill 5183, or the South Carolina Transparency and Integrity in Education Act, seeks to prevent “ideological and viewpoint biases” from being presented as fact instead of…


Nikole Hannah-Jones Says Her Privately Funded School Program Won’t Teach Critical Race Theory

The New York Times’ 1619 Project creator Nikole Hannah-Jones said her free after-school literacy program in her hometown of Waterloo, Iowa, will teach black history, not critical race theory (CRT), the Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier reported. The privately funded “1619 Freedom School” headed by Hannah-Jones will be for students in the Waterloo Community School District in…


‘1619 Project’ Author Nikole Hannah-Jones Will Not Teach at University of North Carolina

Nikole Hannah-Jones, the leading author of the New York Times’s highly controversial 1619 Project, has turned down a tenure offer from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, after the university caved to pressure and approved her tenure appointment. Hannah-Jones made the announcement on Tuesday during an interview with “CBS This Morning.” Instead, she…


University of North Carolina Grants Tenure to ‘1619 Project’ Author Nikole Hannah-Jones

After months of debate and a three-hour special meeting Wednesday, the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill’s board of trustees voted 9–4 to approve tenure for Nikole Hannah-Jones, the leading author of the New York Times’s “1619 Project.” Some demonstrators congregated inside to watch the board meeting, which was supposed to be a closed-door…


1619 Project’s Nikole Hannah-Jones to Teach Journalism at University of North Carolina

Nikole Hannah-Jones, the leading author of the New York Times’ highly controversial 1619 Project, will be teaching journalism at the University of North Carolina (UNC) this summer. While remaining at the New York Times, Hannah-Jones will join the faculty at the UNC-Chapel Hill’s Hussman School of Journalism and Media in July as a Knight Chair…


Nikole Hannah-Jones Wiped Twitter History After Doxxing Conservative News Reporter

New York Times reporter Nikole Hannah-Jones emptied her entire Twitter feed after she posted the personal contact information of a conservative news reporter who asked her for comment about the recent drama surrounding the paper’s editorial board. The Washington Free Beacon’s Aaron Sibarium, who was writing a story about the NY Times ousting a top…