By firing him, the CU regents “gutted academic freedom,” he said. “Academic freedom only has meaning in the face of controversy and outrage.”
Said CU President Hank Brown in a statement: “The university has an obligation to ensure its faculty’s work is above reproach. Academic freedom requires academic integrity, responsibility and accountability.”
Churchill says his experience should be a warning to others in academia.
“We’re not just talking about people of color,” he says. “We’re talking across the board. It doesn’t matter who you are.”
Churchill, the author of more than a dozen titles on such topics as government repression, American Indian affairs and global politics, say he plans to continue writing.
“It’s not [one] book,” he said. “There’ll be several.”
--Peter Eichstaedt
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