UNC board set to vote on tenure for Nikole Hannah-Jones amid outcry from Black faculty and students

The board of trustees at the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill is expected to vote Wednesday on whether it will grant tenure to award-winning journalist Nikole Hannah-Jones as tension mounts among Black students and faculty who say the board’s initial failure to do so reflects a history of systemic racism at the school.The board of trustees at the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill is expected to vote Wednesday on whether it will grant tenure to award-winning journalist Nikole Hannah-Jones as tension mounts among Black students and faculty who say the board’s initial failure to do so reflects a history of systemic racism at the school.