[ditty_news_ticker id=”25027″]Despite personal threats and a petition drive to stop him, Talladega College President Billy Hawkins stood by his decision to accept President-elect Donald Trump’s invitation for the school’s band to participate in the inauguration parade: “We feel the inauguration of a new president is not a political event but a civil ceremony celebrating the transfer of power,” he said (remember when grown-ups still had a say on college campuses?).
Hawkins, who runs the small, historically black college in Alabama founded by the descendants of slaves, said the outcry over his decision has been “pretty nasty.” He told Fox News host Bill O’Reilly that people have said “I’ve shamed the college…and I’ve had people say I’m a disgrace to my African-American race.” – READ MORE
