The University of Missouri’s Black student government organization met with university leaders Thursday after MU canceled the organization’s Black 2 Class Block Party over the word “Black” in the name.
The meeting consisted of around half of the Legion of Black Collegians’ 13-member executive board and MU administrators including Vice Chancellor of Student Affairs Angela King Taylor, UM System President Mun Choi and his chief of staff, John Middleton, and Dean of Students Michelle Froese, according to LBC President Amaya Morgan.
The meeting came the day after LBC publicized MU’s decision to cancel its back-to-school block party over the word “Black” in the name. The Legion said Wednesday that MU told the organization Monday it could no longer host its Black 2 Class Block Party. The event was set to happen Friday.
LBC posted a statement to Instagram calling the university’s decision “a deliberate act of erasure.”
“At every turn, we are shut down,” LBC said in the statement. “Things as simple as putting ‘Black’ in a name results in consequences.”
MU said the name of the event suggested it excluded people based on race.
