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Pennsylvania College Suspends Students over Blackface Video

by Associated PressOctober 1, 2016January 25, 2022

READING, Pa. (AP) — An eastern Pennsylvania college says it has suspended two students over an online video showing a student in blackface lampooning the Black Lives Matter movement. (Snapchat […]

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White HBCU Student Draws Controversy for Blackface Selfie

by Zenitha PrinceOctober 1, 2016January 25, 2022

“Blackface” is in the news again, and this time—surprisingly—a student at an HBCU is involved. According to reports, a White student attending Prairie View A&M University, an HBCU in Texas, […]

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Attorney: Gorilla-Masked White Student Didn’t Intimidate BLM Activists

by Associated PressSeptember 30, 2016January 25, 2022

JOHNSON CITY, Tenn. (AP) — The attorney for an East Tennessee State University student who disrupted an on-campus Black Lives Matter rally while wearing a gorilla mask and carrying around […]

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East Tennessee State University White Student Arrested for Wearing Gorilla Mask at Black Lives Matter Protest

by Special to the AFROSeptember 30, 2016January 25, 2022

An East Tennessee State University White student was arrested this week after he wore a gorilla mask, carried rope and tried to pass out bananas at a Black Lives Matter […]

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