> Despite controversy in conservative circles, she won a Pulitzer Prize for this work. This is a one-sided telling of the story. 1619 Project is controversial

> Despite controversy in conservative circles, she won a Pulitzer Prize for this work. This is a one-sided telling of the story. 1619 Project is controversial within academic circles. Numerous professors, including a Pulitzer Prize winning historian, a winner of the Bancroft Prize, and other historians found many defects and published a public letter requesting corrections. The aforementioned Pulitzer Prize winner described 1619 as, "So wrong in so many ways". Characterizing the controversy as occurring "conservative circles" doesn't even come close to painting a complete picture. https://www.dailyprincetonian.com/article/2020/02/u-professors-send-letter-requesting-corrections-to-1619-project https://www.dailyprincetonian.com/article/2020/02/u-professo... Additionally, the reason Hannah-Jones' tenure application stalled had nothing to whatsoever to do with State Republican influence as you allege, but was in part, blocked by a large donor whose name is on the School of Journalism. Donating $25 million dollars gives you a lot of say in a university. https://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/donor-concerns-hannah-jones-prompted-emails-unc-78051552 https://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/donor-concerns-hannah-jo...