School leaders say HBCUs are undeterred after a series of bomb threats
NPRSchool leaders say HBCUs are undeterred after a series of bomb threats Enlarge this image toggle caption Marcus Ingram/Getty Images Marcus Ingram/Getty Images A week after a series of bomb threats against historically Black colleges and universities across the U.S., public officials and university presidents are speaking out against what they've characterized as a racist attack against the schools and their students. They are traumatized," Alcorn State University President Felecia Nave said of the school's students and staff in the wake of the bomb threats. " "This investigation is of the highest priority for the Bureau and involves more than 20 FBI field offices across the country," the FBI said last week about its investigation into bomb threats at HBCUs and houses of worship. The college presidents noted that the bomb threats came at a politically tense time in the country, as some conservative states are moving to ban "critical race theory" in schools and outlaw books about the history of racism in the U.S. Walter Kimbrough, president of Dillard University in New Orleans, likened the current threats of violence to those activists faced during the civil rights Movement.
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