Title: 2015–2016 University of Missouri protests - Wikipedia
Headings: 2015–2016 University of Missouri protests
2015–2016 University of Missouri protests
Contents
Background
Protests
Loss of health insurance for grad students
Resignations
Rolla arrest
Reactions
Melissa Click incident
KKK hoax
Related protests
Appointment of interim president
Politicians
Turning away reporters at campus meeting
Student enrollment and alumni reaction
Formal report
References

Content: The movement and protests were documented in two films, one made by MU student journalists and the other, 2 Fists Up, by Spike Lee. While it is alleged that bad publicity from the protests has led to dropping enrollment and cutbacks, others have cited budget cuts issued from the state legislature. Contents
1 Background
1.1 Protests
1.2 Loss of health insurance for grad students
2 Resignations
3 Rolla arrest
4 Reactions
4.1 Melissa Click incident
4.2 KKK hoax
4.3 Related protests
4.4 Appointment of interim president
4.5 Politicians
4.6 Turning away reporters at campus meeting
4.7 Student enrollment and alumni reaction
4.8 Formal report
5 References
Background
In 2010, two white students dropped cotton balls in front of the Gaines/Oldham Black Culture Center. They were arrested and charged with tampering, which is a felony, and which was prosecuted as a hate crime based on evocation of the historical slur "cotton picker" to describe enslaved or sharecropping blacks. The prosecutor asked for them to serve 120 days in jail, but they were eventually only convicted of littering, which is a misdemeanor, and sentenced to probation and community service, with no jail time. In 2011 a student was given probation for racially charged graffiti in a student dormitory. The events led to the creation of a diversity initiative called "One Mizzou" under MU chancellor Brady Deaton. This initiative was discontinued in 2015 owing to concerns that it had lost its meaning. University of Missouri student Jonathan Butler at a Planned Parenthood rally at the University of Missouri in September 2015
On September 12, 2015, a Facebook post by the student government president Payton Head described bigotry and anti-gay sentiment around the college campus, which gained widespread attention. He claimed that in an incident off campus, unidentified people in the back of a passing pickup truck directed racial slurs at him. "