to be this way for a long time. In March, some of the male students again protested. They carried placards around the campus demanding change, but were peacefully in bed by eleven o'clock. McKenzie responded by calling in the all-white police to restore order. There were about eighty police officers that had riot guns who broke into and searched the men's dormitory. In particular, they were looking for six men on a list that McKenzie provided (those who signed the original protest the previous fall, including Streator). Most of these young men were not on campus, but regardless were named as the instigators in the "riot." Those that were caught were taken to jail, but eventually released. The idea of brutal policemen descending on a peaceful campus was what finally changed public opinion, particularly through black newspaper coverage, in favor of the students. The students and Nashville community then organized a protest along with the community which lasted for 8 weeks, and included a boycott of the school. All the students went home rather than continuing the semester. McKenzie then resigned even though he still had the board of trustees' support. Thomas E. Jones, a white minister from the north, replaced him as President. Jones stayed for several decades before Charles S. Johnson became the first black president of Fisk in 1947. This confrontation between the students and the administrators was the first of several protests in black colleges over the next few years. Students demanded a greater role in administrative decisions, alumni representation on the board of trustees, and more personal freedom. At Howard University, an African-American president was elected as a result of these protests. References Various articles from The Crisis, The Opportunity, The Chicago Defender, The Norfolk New Journal and Guide, Baltimore Afro-American, and others. Anderson, James D., The Education of Blacks in the South, 1860–1935, 264-270. Banks, William. Black Intellectuals: Race and Responsibility in American Life. Mitchell, Reavis. Fisk University. Wormser, Richard. Fisk University Student Protest.[Online]Available https://www.pbs.org/wnet/jimcrow/stories_events_fisk.html, 2002 W. E. B. Du Bois 1924 protests 1925 protests 1924 in Tennessee 1925 in Tennessee History of racial segregation in the United States Student protests in Tennessee Fisk University