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Graduate student Johnathan Butler went on a hunger strike and the football team threatened to boycott their next game until the President of U. Miss steps down.
African-American students at Missouri have long complained of mealymouthed response by school leaders in dealing with racism on the overwhelmingly white Columbia campus. Black student leaders have conveyed their displeasure over students openly using racial slurs and other incidents with little being done by the Universities leaders.
A weeks-long protest movement has resulted in the University’s President Tim Wolfe stepping down along with the Chancellor R. Bowen Loftin.
Today the football team will take the field in preparation of their upcoming game and grad. student Butler has ended his hunger strike.
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