Jonathan butler mizzou biography
Jonathan Butler, a graduate student at the University of Missouri, went on a hunger strike earlier this week in order to get UM System....
2015–2016 University of Missouri protests
Series of student protests
2015 University of Missouri protests | |
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Student photojournalist Tim Tai in a confrontation with assistant director of Greek life Janna Basler. On November 3, student Jonathan Butler launched a hunger strike, vowing not to eat until the president resigned.Tai's attempt to photograph a tented encampment became a major incident in the protests. | |
Location | Columbia, Missouri |
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Payton Head, student government president |
In 2015, a series of protests at the University of Missouri related to race, workplace benefits, and leadership resulted in the resignations of the president of the University of Missouri System and the chancellor of the flagship Columbia campus.
The moves came after a series of events that included a hunger strike by a student and a boycott by the football team. The movement was primarily led by a student group named Concerned Student 1950, referencing the first year black students were allowed to enroll in the university.
The movement a