Black Lives Matter made headlines in 2016, with academics, college administrators and college students taking up this banner of anti-police and anti-white privilege on their own college campuses. Here are ten articles from this year on how Black Lives Matter rhetoric made headway at college campuses:
- High School and George Washington University students held anti-Trump and Black Lives Matter protest outside the White House
- Black Lives Matter Activists start a ‘subscription box’ for white people to pay for black activism
- Illinois State University and University of Vermont flew Black Lives Matter flag
- Black Lives Matter activist DeRay Mckesson told San Diego State University students that police officers have white privilege
- Emory University brought up Black Lives Matter rhetoric after Dallas police officers were murdered by a pro-Black Lives Matter supporter
- UVA professor took leave of absence after Facebook post on Black Lives Matter upset students
- Black Lives Matter activist Rashad Turner pressured special education teacher into early retirement after social media post on Black Lives
- White people could be on the wrong side of history on Black Lives Matter, Louisville graduate student claimed
- University of California-Irvine sponsored a Black Lives Matter writing contest
- Debate at University of Michigan Shouted Down by Black Lives Matter protesters