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UT students plan event to support Missouri’s Concerned Student 1950

Concerned Student 1950, led by University of Missouri graduate student Jonathan Butler, second from right, speaks following the announcement that University of Missouri System President Tim Wolfe would resign Monday, Nov. 9, 2015, in Columbia, Mo. Wolfe resigned Monday with the football team and others on campus in open revolt over his handling of racial tensions at the school. (Sarah Bell/Missourian via AP) MANDATORY CREDIT
Concerned Student 1950, led by University of Missouri graduate student Jonathan Butler, second from right, speaks following the announcement that University of Missouri System President Tim Wolfe would resign Monday, Nov. 9, 2015, in Columbia, Mo. Wolfe resigned Monday with the football team and others on campus in open revolt over his handling of racial tensions at the school. (Sarah Bell/Missourian via AP) MANDATORY CREDIT Concerned Student 1950, led by University of Missouri graduate student Jonathan Butler, second from right, speaks following the announcement that University of Missouri System President Tim Wolfe would resign Monday, Nov. 9, 2015, in Columbia, Mo. Wolfe resigned Monday with the football team and others on campus in open revolt over his handling of racial tensions at the school. (Sarah Bell/Missourian via AP) MANDATORY CREDIT

KNOXVILLE – University of Tennessee students will show their support for students at the University of Missouri with a blackout in solidarity event.

The event is planned for 6 p.m. today in Hollingsworth Auditorium on the UT Institute of Agriculture campus, according to social media posts shared by the UT Black Student Union and others.

In the same location is an art show from 5-7 p.m. with the theme “The Wake Up Call.”

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