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turbinetree

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Thu Jan 18, 2018, 01:48 PM Jan 2018

Richard Spencer Asks To Speak At Kent State On Anniversary Of Deadly Shooting [View all]

Source: Talking Points Memo

TOLEDO, Ohio (AP) — The campus tour organizer for white nationalist Richard Spencer is making a bid for him to speak at Kent State University this spring on the anniversary of the shootings during a Vietnam war protest that killed four students.

A university spokesman confirmed Thursday that organizer Cameron Padgett has asked to rent space at Kent State’s Student Multicultural Center on May 4.

The university would only say that it’s reviewing the request, said Eric Mansfield, a Kent State spokesman.

Spencer, a leading figure in the white nationalist movement, has been barred by several schools from speaking on campus and has lawsuits pending against some.

Read more: https://talkingpointsmemo.com/news/richard-spencer-kent-state-speaking-bid



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