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Gary FineoutSeptember 2, 2015

Trustees at Florida A&M University turned to an outsider – and the school’s first female president – to lead them out of the turmoil that followed the hazing death of a Marching 100 drum major. But 18 months later the historic school is facing a new crisis marked by allegations of harassment and insubordination – […]

Guest AuthorJuly 30, 2015

This has to be the most on-its-face absurd comparison, but circumstances make it an apt one: Former Florida A&M University President Frederick Humphries is officially the Jimmy Carter of former FAMU presidents. This is not the Jimmy Carter of Habitat Humanity, Sunday school lessons in primitive Georgia churches, or the former president who’s trying permanently […]

Susan ClarySeptember 5, 2013

People looked the other way for far too long – school administrators, professors, alumni and the students themselves. As they and others aware of the hazing watched over the years, the problem grew worse and worse. They were voyeurs to what became a “rite of passage” for the Florida A&M University “Marching 100.” Most everyone […]

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