Colson Whitehead Cancels His Commencement Speech at UMass Amherst
The author said he made the decision after the university called the police to remove peaceful protesters from their encampments.
NYTimes.com
The University of Massachusetts Amherst is a public land-grant research university in Amherst, Massachusetts. It is the flagship campus of the University of Massachusetts system, and was founded in 1863 as the Massachusetts Agricultural College. It is also a member of the Five College Consortium, along with four other colleges in the Pioneer Valley.
The author said he made the decision after the university called the police to remove peaceful protesters from their encampments.