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University of Missouri football players threatened to boycott a game unless president Tim Wolfe resigned, igniting a movement against institutional racism.

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University of Missouri football players threatened to boycott a game unless president Tim Wolfe resigned, igniting a movement against institutional racism.

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Spike Lee

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Students at the University of Missouri organized protests against president Tim Wolfe in November 2015. Their actions included a threatened boycott by the football team of a game against Brigham Young University. Director Spike Lee presents the events surrounding Wolfe's resignation, focusing on the Concerned Student 1950 movement. Key figures include female organizers and Jonathan Butler, who went on a hunger strike. Their efforts aimed to confront institutional racism at the university, culminating in the chant, "We gonna be all right.

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