No Justice, No Football at University of Missouri, So No President
All of this could have been prevented with a sandwich and a candid conversation.
The state of Missouri has been a hotbed of racial tension lately. It all began with the riots in Ferguson and today, the national spotlight is on Mizzou and its president Tim Wolfe. Well, now former president, as of this morning.
This weekend, about 30 African-American members of the University of Missouri football team announced they will not participate in any football-related activities until Wolfe is out of a job. The group is united behind the #ConcernedStudent1950.
Incidentally, this was the year Mizzou first admitted a black student.
This progressive movement began as a way to stand behind a grad student named Jonathan Butler who is taking on a hunger strike until Wolfe seeks his meals elsewhere.
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