Graduate students called for a walkout on Monday as protests demanding the University of Missouri president's ouster over racial insensitivity gained steam. Black student groups all semester have criticized President Tim Wolfe's handling of racism on campus. A black graduate student went on hunger strike last week to draw awareness to the issue and black football players … [Read more...]
Congressional Staffers Walk Out and Raise Their Hands in Support
On Thursday, a gathering of black congressional staffers and other Capitol employees walked out in protest of the recent grand jury decisions failing to indict the two officers who killed Eric Garner and Michael Brown. They raised their hands in the air, invoking the last words of Brown's "Hands up, don't shoot", protesting of the killing of unarmed black men by police. This … [Read more...]