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Historically Black Universities Cancel Classes, Lock Down Over Threats
Newsweek ^ | 09/11/25 | By Jenna Sundel and Gabe Whisnant

Posted on 09/11/2025 3:39:18 PM PDT by Responsibility2nd

Multiple Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) locked down their campuses and canceled classes Thursday after receiving unspecified threats.

HBCUs have previously been targets of violent threats, leading to a federal investigation. In 2022, the FBI launched an investigation into a nationwide series of bomb threats at HBCUs as racially or ethnically motivated violent extremism and hate crimes.

At least six HBCUs received potential threats.

Virginia State University ordered students and staff to remain indoors and canceled afternoon classes. The university said campus police, along with local, state and federal law enforcement agencies, are investigating the credibility of the threat.

Dr. Makola M. Abdullah, president of Viriginia State University, said the threat received by the university and several other HBCUs was meant to "disrupt, intimidate, and instill fear in our community."

"Let us be clear: these threats are not random," Abdullah said in a letter to the campus community. They are targeted attacks on institutions that have long stood as pillars of excellence, empowerment, and progress. HBCUs exist because we refused to be denied an education—and we thrive because we continue to rise in the face of adversity."

Abdullah continued, "To those who seek to silence or scare us: we will not be intimidated. For over a century, Virginia State University and other HBCUs have stood as a beacon of knowledge, excellence, and resilience. Today's events only reaffirm our commitment to providing a safe and empowering environment for our students, faculty, and staff. The greatest revenge is to get an education. Every step you take forward, every class you attend, and every degree you earn is an act of resistance and triumph."

He said the university remains in close coordination with law enforcement, and enhanced security will remain in place.

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: falseflag; hbcu; makolaabdullah; purgatory; surejan; virginiastateu; vsu
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Diversionary Tactic.
1 posted on 09/11/2025 3:39:18 PM PDT by Responsibility2nd
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To: Responsibility2nd
These are bleak dark days for HBCUs.

2 posted on 09/11/2025 3:40:54 PM PDT by Governor Dinwiddie ( O give thanks unto the Lord, for He is gracious, and his mercy endures forever. — Psalm 106)
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To: Responsibility2nd

Fear of MAGA pay back. Huh?


3 posted on 09/11/2025 3:41:25 PM PDT by rktman (Destroy America from within? On hold! Enlisted USN 1967 proudly. 🚫💉! 🇮🇱👍! Winning currently!)
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To: Responsibility2nd

Alabama State University said in a statement ...

Clark Atlanta University said in a statement ....

Spelman College in Atlanta said it is aware of the threats received by multiple HBCUs, including Clark Atlanta University.

Spelman College said ...

Southern University and A&M College in Baton Rouge said ...

Bethune-Cookman University in Daytona Beach, Florida ....


4 posted on 09/11/2025 3:42:09 PM PDT by Responsibility2nd (Import the third world. Become the second world.)
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Fake. BS. Self-made threats. Surprised they didn’t say the threats included, “This is MAGA country!”


5 posted on 09/11/2025 3:42:27 PM PDT by vpintheak (All the left is, is violence.)
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To: Responsibility2nd
I'm sure it's Leroy and Da'quavious making prank phone calls to get out class.

6 posted on 09/11/2025 3:42:28 PM PDT by Governor Dinwiddie ( O give thanks unto the Lord, for He is gracious, and his mercy endures forever. — Psalm 106)
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To: Responsibility2nd

Now the US Naval Academy is in lockdown.


7 posted on 09/11/2025 3:42:30 PM PDT by chrisinoc
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Naval Academy was on lock down earlier this evening, so was Stockton University in South Jersey.


8 posted on 09/11/2025 3:43:02 PM PDT by mware
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To: Responsibility2nd
Did they mention no actual bombs or explosive devices were found?

Give me sympathy campaigns designed as threats.

JMO, YMMV

9 posted on 09/11/2025 3:43:04 PM PDT by philman_36 (Pride breakfasted with plenty, dined with poverty and supped with infamy. Benjamin Franklin)
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To: Responsibility2nd

In 2022. Kma Newsweek marxists.


10 posted on 09/11/2025 3:44:50 PM PDT by cowboyusa ( YESHUA IS KING OF AMERICA AND HE WILL HAVE NO OTHER GODS BEFORE HIM!)
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To: Governor Dinwiddie

Fake


11 posted on 09/11/2025 3:46:20 PM PDT by central_va ( I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn...a)
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To: Responsibility2nd

Exactly. They fanned the flames of racism and political radicalism for years. Now they are using the old tactics of staging fake “hate crimes” to distract and deflect attention.


12 posted on 09/11/2025 3:48:39 PM PDT by MNJohnnie
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To: Responsibility2nd

What, Abdullah wasn’t getting enough attention to day? It was going to a nice Christian white family man with one wife.


13 posted on 09/11/2025 3:49:30 PM PDT by bgill
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To: Responsibility2nd

These will stop when the hoaxers are jailed for a minimum of 10 years. If they are real, same punishment.


14 posted on 09/11/2025 3:50:29 PM PDT by Dutch Boy (The only thing worse than having something taken from you is to have it returned broken. )
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Dr. Makola M. Abdullah, president of Viriginia State University,

Couldn’t find an American for the job? Ah. They’re probably up in Yellowstone tickling the buffalo.

How does this work? We build the schools. They fill them up with foreign students and then we let foreigners run them. Sounds like we’re getting the shaft if you ask me. These countries need to build their own colleges and keep the kids at home.


15 posted on 09/11/2025 3:50:31 PM PDT by FlingWingFlyer (Remembering Charlie Kirk. 1993-2025.)
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To: Responsibility2nd

Trump has done more for HBCUs than any other President. Racist morons.


16 posted on 09/11/2025 3:52:09 PM PDT by HYPOCRACY (Wake up, smell the cat food in your bank account. )
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To: bgill

That’s exactly the point.

The Deep State is trying to divert attention away from a real social crisis by making up threats against HBCUs.


17 posted on 09/11/2025 3:52:48 PM PDT by Responsibility2nd (Import the third world. Become the second world.)
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Virginia State University ordered students and staff to remain indoors and canceled afternoon classes.

Sounds like a normal day at VSU. A friend's kid got a band scholarship there and had to transfer to another school because she couldn't get any work done due to her roommates and everyone around her never going to classes and always partying.

18 posted on 09/11/2025 3:53:42 PM PDT by mikey_hates_everything
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Multiple Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) locked down their campuses and canceled classes Thursday after receiving fabricating(?) unspecified threats.
19 posted on 09/11/2025 3:55:23 PM PDT by NorthMountain (... the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed)
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To: cowboyusa

In 2022 the FBI concluded that fifty seven separate bomb threats to historically black universities were made by....

wait for it...

one unnamed minor.

Ref:

https://www.cnn.com/2022/11/16/us/hbcu-bomb-threats-suspect-reaj


20 posted on 09/11/2025 3:56:18 PM PDT by cgbg (It was not us. It was them--all along.)
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