Black Lives Still Matter, Con't

Black History Month here in America begins with an awful reminder that violent racism is the default for the country and that it has been for centuries.

A growing number of historically black colleges and universities have had to lock down or postpone classes due to bomb threats on the first day of Black History Month. 

At least 13 HBCUs reported bomb threats Tuesday. At least one of them, Howard University, also received a bomb threat Monday. 

Coppin State University 

Someone called the Baltimore university and said there was a bomb on campus, Coppin State University spokesperson Angela Galeano told CNN. 

The threat was immediately reported to campus police, Galeano said. 

A message on the university's website said all classes would be online Tuesday. 

"If you are on campus, please, shelter in place, and wait for further instructions," the message said. "Emergency officials are evaluating the campus and we will provide updates, as soon as possible."

Mississippi Valley State University 

The university said a bomb threat was received through its guardhouse early Tuesday morning. 

"MVSU is currently on lockdown, and campus police are conducting a complete investigation," a university Facebook post reads. 

"School officials are working with local emergency personnel to investigate and determine the extent of the threat." 

Classes will be remote Tuesday, and the university is asking all on-campus students to stay in their residence halls. Only essential staff will be allowed on campus, MVSU said.

Alcorn State University 

The university in Lorman, Mississippi, received "an anonymous bomb threat," Alcorn State posted on its website Tuesday. 

"We are advising all students to shelter in place," the message said. "Faculty and staff should not report to work until further notice."

 

There were bomb threats at another dozen or more HBCU's today, and there were several yesterday as well. No devices have been found, but that's not the point. White supremacist terrorism directed at Black colleges and universities is the point and it's working.

There's no reason to believe these threats will stop, or that anyone will be punished for them. They can come from anywhere.

This is what Black History Month means to white supremacists: open season on Black terror, as America itself has been built on Black terror and blood for decades. 

Black Lives Still Matter.