Eight years after the racially motivated killing of Army-bound ROTC student Richard Collins III, his legacy lives on through scholarships, symposia, and a joint BSU-UMD alliance dedicated to combating systemic racism and promoting social justice on college campuses.
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Candlelight Vigil Planned to Honor Richard Collins III, Slain Black Bowie State University Student
A candlelight vigil is planned to honor a Bowie State University student who was fatally stabbed while visiting the University of Maryland. The Black student’s slaying is being investigated by the FBI as a possible hate crime. Candles are lit for a candlelight vigil at a bus shelter at the University of Maryland in College […]
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Authorities: Stabbing of Black Bowie State University Student Now a Possible Hate Crime
COLLEGE PARK, Md. (AP) — The FBI is investigating the fatal stabbing of a Black student visiting the University of Maryland as a possible hate crime after a White student with ties to a Facebook group that posts disparaging material about African Americans was arrested in his death, authorities say. Sean Christopher Urbanski has been […]
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Police: Black Bowie State University Student Fatally Stabbed by White University of Maryland Student
COLLEGE PARK, Md. (AP) — A University of Maryland student fatally stabbed a visiting student on campus early Saturday in what appears to be a random attack, police said. A Bowie State University student was with two friends at the College Park campus around 3 a.m. Saturday when a University of Maryland student stabbed him […]