FOI #25-062 (02-14-25, 6:39 am)

Black History Month in Light of Unsatisfactory Resolution to Racial Terrorism in Missouri's Post-Secondary System of Education

Name: Michael Ayele (a.k.a) W

Affiliation: Michael A. Ayele (a.k.a) W ORCID.: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5780-6457

Location: UConn Storrs

Request Date Start: 02/01/2009

Request Date End: 02/14/2025

Details: What I am requesting for prompt disclosure are records in your possession detailing your discussions about [1] Black History Month as an event that (i) began in 1915, “half a century after the Thirteenth Amendment abolished slavery in the United States;” (ii) was officially recognized by the federal government of the United States of America (U.S.A) in 1976 after President Gerald Ford called upon the public to “seize the opportunity to honor the often neglected accomplishments of Black Americans in every area of endeavor;” (iii) is “dedicated to researching and promoting achievements by Black Americans and other people of African descent;” [2] the manner in which your local/state government has commemorated Black History Month in the past; [3] the manner in which your local/state government plans to commemorate Black History Month in February 2025; [4] the challenges and barriers Black / African American people are likely to encounter when living in America and looking to make positive progress in their academic and professional careers; [5] racism as a significant challenge and barrier, which is faced by Black / African American people when living in America and looking to make positive progress in their academic and professional careers; [6] discrimination as a significant challenge and barrier, which is faced by Black / African American people when living in America and looking to make positive progress in their academic and professional careers; [7] Northwest Missouri State University as a post-secondary academic institution, which has in its correspondence with Michael A. Ayele (a.k.a) W (dated October 28th 2020) refused to deny that (i) Black / African American students attending colleges and universities in Missouri could be referred to as “N****rs” at any given time (purely out of spite and profound hatred); (ii) the former Chancellor of the University of Missouri (R. Bowen Loftin) had on October 05th 2015 stated that “racism was clearly alive at the University of Missouri” and that they “needed help changing their culture” because what they had done to counter systemic racism “was clearly not enough;” (iii) feces “smeared in the shape of a swastika” was found on the “floor and wall of a bathroom in Gateway Hall” on (or around) October 24th 2015 at the University of Missouri; [8] Michael A. Ayele (a.k.a) W as a Black Bachelor of Arts (B.A) Degree graduate of Westminster College (Fulton, Missouri) who (i) is thoroughly convinced that his correspondence with Northwest Missouri State University was commercially redistributed without authorization because the issue of racial terrorism in Missouri’s post-secondary system of education continues to be satisfactorily unresolved (particularly for the people who have experienced discrimination and racism when attending a Missouri college and/or university in the 2010s); (ii) strongly urges people not to make payments in order to access his correspondence with Northwest Missouri State University.

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