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Black Students at Michigan Middle School Targeted by Threatening, Racist Email
Ypsilanti, Mich., families are demanding answers after an email with threatening, racist language was sent to six black students at Washtenaw International Middle Academy. One of those students was Devin Francois’ seventh-grade daughter. The email was sent to students on Jan. 29, and Francois has kept her daughter, Ariana, at home from school since Feb.…
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Powerful 'Black Lives Matter' Protest at Eastern Mich. University to Protest Racist Graffiti, Toxic Campus Culture
Editor’s note: This article contains social media posts that some may find offensive. Eastern Michigan University students and protesters gathered to protest racist graffiti painted on the side of an EMU women’s center Tuesday morning. According to Eastern Echo staff writer Shayler Barnes Jr., the words “KKK,” in red, white and blue, and “Leave [N—gers]” were discovered at approximately…