
The Academic Building on the Texas A&M University campus on March 26, 2018. Credit/ Shelby Knowles for The Texas Tribune
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Race Was a Factor In Black Professor’s Failed Hiring, Texas A&M Department Head Says
A Texas A&M University department head involved in the failed efforts to recruit a Black journalism professor said Friday that then-President M. Katherine Banks interfered in the hiring process and that race was a factor in university officials’ decision to water down her job offer.

