HBCU students at South Carolina State protest Pamela Evette

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Lt. Gov. Evette set to give SC State commencement speech, causing student protest
COLUMBIA — Lt. Gov. Pamela Evette’s scheduled speech at South Carolina State University’s commencement ceremony brought calls from students and some legislators for administrators to pick someone else...

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Evette calls SCSU student protest over commencement speaker 'woke mobs'
‘This felt like a slap in the face’: HBCU students at South Carolina State protest Pamela Evette as commencement speaker
SC State Cancels MAGA-Supporting Lieutenant Governor As HBCU’s Commencement Speaker After Students Protest
Students at a historic HBCU in South Carolina protested their school’s choice of commencement speaker, the right-wing lieutenant governor of the state.

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Citing caution and safety concerns, SC State pulls Lt. Gov. Pam Evette’s graduation speaker invite
South Carolina State cancels Pamala Evette’s commencement speech
South Carolina State disinvites Lt. Gov. Evette to speak at commencement after students say it ‘felt like a slap in the face’
“Once I learned that this was indeed our commencement speaker, I was heartbroken. This felt like a slap in the face to me and my fellow graduates,” SC State senior Summer Gray told theGrio.

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SC State University disinvites Lt. Gov. Evette from commencement after outcry
SC State drops Lt. Gov. Pamela Evette as commencement speaker; Evette responds
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Basketball greats among this year's commencement speakers

Gretchen Whitmer and a retired Army general are among this year's speakers. The caps and gowns are ready, and the bands are practicing "Pomp and Circumstance." That can only mean one thing: It's graduation time.
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Alum sues GW, former employer alleging discrimination, defamation after graduation speech

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NYC universities restrict commencement speeches after students criticized Israel

There will be no live student speakers at CUNY Law, or at NYU's school-specific ceremonies, after former students gave speeches fiercely critical of Israel.