Class Is In Session: Nikole Hannah-Jones & Ta-Nehisi Coates to Join the Journalism Faculty at Howard University

After a battle for tenure at the University of North Carolina, Nikole Hannah-Jones declined the school's job offer and is joining the faculty of Howard University along with Ta-Nehisi Coates.

Ta-Nehisi Coates and Nikole Hannah-Jones; Image via Ta-Nehisi Coates on Instagram (@tanehisipcoates)

Nikole Hannah-Jones dropped a bombshell on CBS This Morning when she revealed to Gayle King that she was declining the University of North Carolina’s (UNC) tenure offer as its Hussman School of Journalism and Media Knight Chair in race and investigative j…