Awareness of Black mental health crisis ‘comes at a great cost’

“Heartbreaking” is how Falon Ensley, a student and former student government president at Lincoln University, described her feelings reading Antoinette Candia-Bailey’s final email to LU president John Moseley. On Jan. 8, Candia-Bailey, former vice president of student affairs at LU, took her own life. In that final email sent hours before her death, Candia-Bailey describes the toll that life at Lincoln has taken and offers ways that workplace culture could be improved. × This page requires Javascript. Javascript is required for you to be able to read premium content. Please enable it in your browser settings. Diana Bruce, left, and Kelsie Rhimes, right, hold a sign during the Lincoln University Founders’ Day Convocation on Feb. 8 at Lincoln University in Jefferson City. Students started the protest for administration changes, which began following Antoinette Candia-Bailey’s death, outside before entering the Robert & Charlene Mitchell Auditorium at Lincoln University. Rilee Malloy/Missourian Students protest for administration changes during the Lincoln University Founders’ Day Convocation on Feb. 8 at Lincoln University’s Robert and Charlene Mitchell Auditorium in Jefferson City. Protests began following faculty member Antoinette Candia-Bailey’s suicide last month. Rilee Malloy/Missourian More from this section