University of Alabama suspends magazines focused on Black and women students

Andrea Tinker, Alabama Reflector

Published

Republish this story

Republish this story

The University of Alabama’s decision to suspend two student magazines has sparked criticism and outrage on the campus.

Leftist Collective at UA, an organization who describes themselves on social media as “anti-capitalist, anti-racist and feminist,” organized a petition delivery in support of Alice, a magazine aimed at women, and Nineteen Fifty-Six, a magazine focused on Black lifestyle and culture, to Steven Hood, vice president of student life, and University of Alabama President Peter Mohler on Wednesday.

“The purpose of this is to let [Mohler] and just generally UA’s administration, know that this is not a popular move,” Omorose Emwanta, Leftist Collective at UA secretary, said in an interview We