{"id":495602,"date":"2022-02-01T21:35:34","date_gmt":"2022-02-01T21:35:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/radiofree.asia\/?guid=daec847948e5ac7e81cbfd789470d95a"},"modified":"2022-02-01T21:35:34","modified_gmt":"2022-02-01T21:35:34","slug":"more-than-a-dozen-hbcus-faced-bomb-threats-on-first-day-of-black-history-month","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/radiofree.asia\/2022\/02\/01\/more-than-a-dozen-hbcus-faced-bomb-threats-on-first-day-of-black-history-month\/","title":{"rendered":"More Than a Dozen HBCUs Faced Bomb Threats on First Day of Black History Month"},"content":{"rendered":"\"A<\/a>

On Tuesday, the first day of Black History Month, more than a dozen Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) across the U.S. had to lockdown and postpone classes after receiving bomb threats.<\/span><\/p>\n

According to <\/span>CNN<\/span><\/i>, <\/span>at least 13 HBCU campuses reported receiving bomb threats<\/span><\/a> in total. In most if not all cases, the lockdowns or stay-in-place orders have since been lifted \u2014 but the threats on Tuesday came after several weeks of similar threats against HBCUs across the country. <\/span><\/p>\n

Jackson State University in Mississippi received a bomb threat early this morning, at 4:45 am. After a sweep of the campus found that the threat was unsubstantiated, university officials gave the all-clear announcement.<\/span><\/p>\n

A bomb threat also prompted Kentucky State University in Frankfort, Kentucky, to go into lockdown. The university later announced <\/span>an all-clear status<\/span><\/a> for the campus.<\/span><\/p>\n

Students have said that the constant barrage of bomb threats, both on Tuesday and in weeks prior, have taken a toll on them.<\/span><\/p>\n

“I do not feel safe attending in-person classes,” <\/span>one student from Howard University said<\/span><\/a>. “The handling of this situation is unsettling and does not create a safe environment for students or staff.”<\/span><\/p>\n

Several prominent Black figures spoke out against the threats on social media.<\/span><\/p>\n

“These institutions serve as safe havens for some of the most brilliant Black minds to grow & they should not be subjected to this violence,” <\/span>said Martin Luther King III in a tweet on Monday<\/span><\/a>, responding to the bomb threats that occurred before the start of this month.<\/span><\/p>\n

“I\u2019m praying for all the HBCU students and staff impacted by the bomb threats across the country,” <\/span>wrote activist and congressional candidate Nina Turner<\/span><\/a>. “We must nurture and protect the safe spaces where we celebrate Black excellence and joy.”<\/span><\/p>\n

University faculty and officials also condemned the bomb threats.<\/span><\/p>\n

“If the intent of these threats was to deny access to higher ed, it will fail,” <\/span>wrote Jay Perman<\/span><\/a>, chancellor of the University System of Maryland. “If it was to sow division, it will fail. If it was to terrorize students & communities of color, it will fail.”<\/span><\/p>\n

Others recognized that the 13 threats made to HBCUs on a single day were deeply troubling.<\/span><\/p>\n

“Not exactly how you want #Blackhistorymonth2022 to begin,” <\/span>said Dr. Jason Johnson<\/span><\/a>, a journalism professor at Morgan State University.<\/span><\/p>\n\n

This post was originally published on Latest \u2013 Truthout<\/a>. <\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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Historically Black Colleges and Universities have faced dozens of similar threats over the past month.<\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":1460,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[41715,34257,41716,31913,4,784,41717],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/radiofree.asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/495602"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/radiofree.asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/radiofree.asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/radiofree.asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1460"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/radiofree.asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=495602"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/radiofree.asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/495602\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":495603,"href":"https:\/\/radiofree.asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/495602\/revisions\/495603"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/radiofree.asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=495602"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/radiofree.asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=495602"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/radiofree.asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=495602"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}