Morehouse students acquitted themselves well

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By Rosetta Miller-Perry The students at Morehouse College gave many of their peers across the nation a lesson in the proper way to make a statement and protest this past Sunday. When President Joe Biden gave the commencement address, there were those who protested, but they didn’t disrupt anything. They didn’t issue any death threats towards other students, and they didn’t make such a spectacle of themselves that the cause they were& highlighting, the plight of the Palestinians in Gaza, was ignored due to their conduct. A key part of the President’s speech was about HBCUs and their importance. Had the students disrupted the speech or even prevented the ceremonies from being held on campus, here’s what would have been missed. The President said “And in addition to the original $7 billion investment in HBCUs, I’m investing 16 billion more dollars, more in our history, because you’re vital to our nation. Most HBCUs don’t have the endowments. The jobs of the future require sophisticated laboratories, sophisticated opportunity on campus. We’re opening doors so you can walk into a life of generational wealth, to be providers and leaders for your families and communities. Today, record numbers of Black Americans have jobs,...

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