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UMass Amherst commencement speaker withdraws after protester arrests
NBC Boston· 5 days agoPulitzer Prize winner Colson Whitehead will not deliver the keynote speech at UMass Amherst's...
UMass Amherst commencement speaker Colson Whitehead pulls out after campus protest arrests
WAMC Northeast Public Radio· 5 days agoPulitzer-prize winning author Colson Whitehead announced he'll withdraw as this year’s commencement speaker, citing the arrests of more than 130 people on campus earlier this week. Posting on ...
Pulitzer-winning UMass Amherst grad speaker backs out in response to arrests of protesters on campus...
7 News Boston· 5 days agoWhitehead, the recipient of two Pulitzer prizes and a MacArthur “genius grant”, backed out of the...
Colson Whitehead Cancels His Commencement Speech at UMass Amherst
New York Times· 6 days ago“I was looking forward to speaking next week at UMass Amherst,” Mr. Whitehead wrote on the social...
130 arrested at UMass Amherst pro-Palestine protest
Boston Herald· 7 days agoPolice arrested over 130 protestors at a pro-Palestine encampment on the UMass Amherst campus after administrators ordered the students to disperse...
Police arrest 130 at UMass Amherst; College says protesters refused to take down encampment
CBS News· 7 days agoPolice arrested about 130 people at the University of Massachusetts Amherst Tuesday night after the...
‘Not outcome we hoped for’: More than 130 arrests made at UMass Amherst protest, police say
FOX 25 Boston· 7 days agoMore than 130 protesters were arrested on the campus of UMass Amherst on Tuesday night after police...
Clashes, 135 arrests at UMass Amherst protest
WWLP Springfield· 7 days agoCampus police arrested 135 pro-Palestinian protestors at the University of Massachusetts Amherst late Tuesday night, hours after students established...
UMass faces criticism for breaking up protest
The Eagle-Tribune· 6 days agoEarly Tuesday, campus, state and local police arrested 132 protestors who built a makeshift encampment on the university’s sprawling campus. Of those...
Colson Whitehead Pulls Out as UMass Commencement Speaker
The Daily Beast via Yahoo News· 5 days ago“I was looking forward to speaking next week at UMass Amherst. But calling the cops on peaceful...