By Malaika Jabali ·Updated December 23, 2021
Over the summer, ESSENCE cover star Nikole Hannah-Jones announced she was rejecting a tenure offer from the University of North Carolina Chapel Hill and heading to Howard University. While the journalist’s decision made headlines, a team of women have been working behind the scenes to address the wider implications of UNC’s actions that led to her surprising move.
Hannah-Jones— the brains behind the New York Times
