Hannah-Jones, whose controversial work for The New York Times won a Pulitzer, spoke at the Wilmington site as part of the University's Writer's Week.
She tweeted a picture of a gift basket in her hotel suite, including a bottle of Bulleit Bourbon, apples, salted caramel chocolate, and a copy of an 1860 book, The American Negro: His History and Literature, written by America's most famous fugitive slaves, Ellen and William Craft.
"Just got to Wilmington, NC, for @UNCWilmington Writers Week, checked into my room, and I have to say, y'all know how to treat a gal," she announced.
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On Wednesday, Fox News obtained her contract, revealing she was paid $16,670 for the appearance. The event consisted of a 40-minute speech from the 45-year-old and a 15-minute Q&A period.
The contract lists a 15-minute meet and greet with students but is crossed out in the signed version of the contract.
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The University was responsible for her airfare, transportation, meals, and lodging for up to two nights.
"In the shadow of Wilmington's annual reckoning with its violent past as demonstrated in the bloody events of 1898, John Jeremiah Sullivan will be in conversation with Nikole Hannah-Jones, one of Time Magazine's most Influential People of 2021, named for her ability to shine a bright searchlight over American history," the university announced, publicizing her address.
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"In her light," Barry Jenkins wrote in September's issue, "the wounds of America's original and subsequent sins are laid bare.''
She claims that inadequate care shows how America is built in part from slave labor, and how the story of America's founding has been sanitized and twisted, celebrating 1776 and brushing over the past. Critics say she is labeling the United States as a racist nation and attempting to make people hate their homeland.
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A spokesperson for the University of North Carolina Wilmington told Fox News that the event was paid through a "donor-supported fund managed by the department."
The head of a Conservative think tank that deals with economic policy in the state, The James G. Martin Center for Academic Renewal announced that the fee would have been better spent on backing local students.
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Jenna Robinson pointed out that the fee would have covered two years' worth of tuition and fees for a student to study in the department.
"I'm glad it didn't come out of student fees, which is often where speaker fees come out of. I'm really glad it wasn't student fees," Robinson told Fox.
"It was not the best use of funds. There are other writers available to talk about the same topic at a much lower cost."
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