Missouri
Questions about race and representation persist at the University of Missouri, 10 years after protests
COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ)
Cayleigh Moore walked to downtown Columbia one night from the University of Missouri’s campus like many students do. She didn’t think anything of it because it was her usual routine.
Moore passed the student center on her walk. Then a truck window rolled down, and someone inside yelled the N-word out as they drove by.
She says it wasn’t the first incident.
Moore sat alongside her friend, Gabbi Gordon, one Thursday afternoon a year later at the University of Missouri Student Center on Rollins Street. They reflected on their experiences at the university as two Black women attending a predominantly white institution.
Gordon and Moore recalled a separate time when the two were walking with a friend, when a vehicle drove by and, this time, made monkey sounds at the group.
The two said they stopped and stood stunned, trying to figure out what had happened. A few days later, they talked to other students on campus who had experienced a similar situation. Gordon and Moore said they’ve heard stories of several Black students on campus being harassed and called racial slurs.
“We go to a school with so many people. You don’t know these people. You don’t know what their intentions are and what they could do,” Gordon said. “Even if they think it’s funny, which it’s clearly not, you don’t know how far they would go with their actions.”
Ten years ago, frustration with incidents like these led to protests that rocked the MU campus and made national headlines. Student activists in the fall of 2015 said they were protesting for better treatment of minorities and more representation.
Students today say racism hasn’t disappeared from the MU campus, but it’s unlikely to boil over into the kind of demonstrations that filled the Carnahan Quad in 2015.
The protests
Ten years ago, tents filled the lawn near Carnahan Quadrangle on campus, and students were calling on university leaders to implement change. They believed racial inequalities on campus had persisted for years and needed to be addressed.
Students of color said they were called racial slurs, discriminated against, and harassed both physically and verbally.
A group that called itself Concerned Student 1950 led the demands for change.
Maxwell Little was one of the original 11 members of the group, which comprised student activists on campus. He now lives in Chicago, but remembers the turning point that led to the escalation in protests on campus.
Students had already been holding demonstrations for Mike Brown and Eric Garner– two black men who were killed by police in 2014. But what pushed students over the edge was Oct. 10, 2015, the day of MU’s homecoming parade.
A group of students barricaded then-president Tim Wolfe’s vehicle, letting him know the frustrations students of color on campus had. Between the crowd antagonizing the group and claims that Wolfe had hit one of its members — Jonathan Butler — with his vehicle, things reached what Little called a breaking point.
“You have a policy that wasn’t protecting Black American students on campus as far as like free speech,” Little said. “And to be able to actually get something done as far as racial policy when we talk about inclusion and diversity and being able to sit at the table with decision makers and make changes and talking about curriculum, that wasn’t inclusive to Black American students on campus.”
The mood on campus was solemn for student activists. They had to focus not only on completing their schoolwork to receive their degree, but now they were juggling civic engagement on a demanding scale. It was frustrating, but Little said he viewed it as a necessary sacrifice.
Their next step, 10 days after MU’s homecoming, was to release a list of demands.
The group came together, demanding eight specific changes from university leadership. First, they wanted Wolfe out, along with a handwritten apology. They also demanded diversity, equity and inclusion efforts on campus, for students to be included in the curriculum and for the percentage of Black staff and faculty on campus to increase.
Wolfe didn’t agree.
On Nov. 2, 2015, Butler began a hunger strike that he pledged to continue until Wolfe either resigned or was removed. That ultimately led to tents filling the quad and nightly prayer vigils, as other students showed their support.
“Jonathan is a very calculated, smart dude. He knew in order to move the movement to the next level, he had to take an individual sacrifice, and that’s what he did,” Little said. “All of us supported him, and the student body supported him as well.”
It wasn’t until the Missouri Tigers football team showed its support, vowing not to participate in football-related activities until Wolfe was gone, that action came.
We’re black. Black is powerful. Our struggle may look different, but we are all #ConcernedStudent1950 pic.twitter.com/obCjSWCFVY
— HeMadeAKing (@1Sherrils_2MIZZ) November 8, 2015
Two days later, on Nov. 9, Wolfe, along with MU Chancellor R. Bowen Loftin, stepped away. That brought an end to Butler’s weekslong hunger strike.
“It was something that I couldn’t fathom because Jonathan Butler was deep into his hunger strike, we had camp city going up, we had a lot of momentum because the football team got involved,” Little said. “It was a beautiful day as you saw, and the rejoice on campus, it’s something I’ll always remember, and I’m glad it happened. It’s a shame that it actually took financial ruin for Tim Wolfe, or the board of curators, to actually do something.”
Wolfe later sent an email, listing concerns over public safety on campus as a main contributor to his choice.
Little said all protests at the time were peaceful, despite an incident on the day Wolfe resigned, when former MU professor Melissa Click was seen on video asking for “muscle” to remove a journalist. She was suspended, and later came out stating she regretted her actions.
The University of Missouri Board of Curators announced Mike Middleton as the interim president for the UM System. The board also turned over MU chancellor responsibilities from Loftin to interim Chancellor Hank Foley.
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Here’s a look at April 21, 2026, results for each game:
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Midday Wild: 9
Evening: 0-7-4
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Evening Wild: 9
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Morning: 05
Matinee: 03
Prime Time: 02
Night Owl: 12
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Are you a winner? Here’s how to claim your lottery prize
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To claim by mail, complete a Missouri Lottery winner claim form, sign your winning ticket, and include a copy of your government-issued photo ID along with a completed IRS Form W-9. Ensure your name, address, telephone number and signature are on the back of your ticket. Claims should be mailed to:
Ticket Redemption
Missouri Lottery
P.O. Box 7777
Jefferson City, MO 65102-7777
For in-person claims, visit the Missouri Lottery Headquarters in Jefferson City or one of the regional offices in Kansas City, Springfield or St. Louis. Be sure to call ahead to verify hours and check if an appointment is required.
For additional instructions or to download the claim form, visit the Missouri Lottery prize claim page.
When are the Missouri Lottery drawings held?
- Powerball: 9:59 p.m. Monday, Wednesday and Saturday.
- Mega Millions: 10 p.m. Tuesday and Friday.
- Pick 3: 12:45 p.m. (Midday) and 8:59 p.m. (Evening) daily.
- Pick 4: 12:45 p.m. (Midday) and 8:59 p.m. (Evening) daily.
- Cash4Life: 8 p.m. daily.
- Cash Pop: 8 a.m. (Early Bird), 11 a.m. (Late Morning), 3 p.m. (Matinee), 7 p.m. (Prime Time) and 11 p.m. (Night Owl) daily.
- Show Me Cash: 8:59 p.m. daily.
- Lotto: 8:59 p.m. Wednesday and Saturday.
- Powerball Double Play: 9:59 p.m. Monday, Wednesday and Saturday.
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The Missouri House passed a bill Monday that would force entities receiving state funding to restrict usage of restrooms, changing areas, and sleeping accommodations based on biological sex and codify definitions for “female,” “male,” and “sex” throughout state statute.
State Rep. Becky Laubinger, a Republican from Park Hills, pitched the legislation as a “vital protection for women.” Lax policies and all-gender restrooms, like facilities in the Kansas City International Airport, invite predators, she argued.
“This is about our government facilities forcing people to share those spaces by creating all gender spaces where you don’t have the option in those spaces to go to a single sex space,” Laubinger said.
But during a House debate over the bill’s language last week, Democrats raised numerous issues with the legislation, saying it would be used to target transgender people.
“If you can just call the police and accuse someone of using the wrong bathroom, think about the implications of that,” said state Rep. Wick Thomas, a Kansas City Democrat and the House’s first transgender member.
The bill lacks an enforcement mechanism, other than allowing people to sue state-funded entities that do not “take reasonable steps” to designate single-sex spaces.
The bill’s fiscal note reflects concerns about costly litigation, though state departments could not estimate how much they will be impacted.
The University of Central Missouri projected “an indeterminate fiscal impact,” pointing to the “costs associated with enforcement of the regulations.”
The bill would require public universities to restrict dorm rooms, bathrooms, and locker rooms based on biological sex. It states that, “no individual shall enter a restroom, changing room or sleeping quarters that is designated for females or males unless he or she is a member of that sex.”
State Rep. Keri Ingle, a Democrat from Lee’s Summit, asked if this would bar college students from having students of the opposite sex in their dorm rooms overnight.
Laubinger said she had heard complaints from college students who felt uncomfortable when their roommate allowed a significant other to sleep over.
“I understand someone not wanting a boy over,” Ingle said. “I don’t know why we would legislate that. I don’t know why we would put that in the statute.”
State Rep. Mark Boyko, a Democrat from Kirkwood, said the bill would bar men from visiting women’s dorm rooms at any time. He wouldn’t be allowed to help his daughter set up her dorm room as a man, he said.
“I understand the intention you’re having,” he told Laubinger. “But the words don’t match your intention of this bill.”
House Republicans offered broad support, calling the bill a basic safety measure.
State Rep. Carolyn Caton, a Blue Springs Republican, said she thinks the legislation would be a “good protection.
“If nothing else, I think it just eases some young ladies’ minds,” she said.
The bill passed along party lines Monday, apart from a lone Republican “nay” from state Rep. Tara Peters of Rolla, who also voted against the bill at the committee level.
The Missouri Lottery offers several draw games for those aiming to win big.
Here’s a look at April 20, 2026, results for each game:
Winning Powerball numbers from April 20 drawing
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Winning Pick 3 numbers from April 20 drawing
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Midday Wild: 1
Evening: 0-2-2
Evening Wild: 2
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Winning Pick 4 numbers from April 20 drawing
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Midday Wild: 9
Evening: 2-5-8-0
Evening Wild: 4
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Winning Cash Pop numbers from April 20 drawing
Early Bird: 12
Morning: 10
Matinee: 09
Prime Time: 03
Night Owl: 06
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Winning Show Me Cash numbers from April 20 drawing
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Winning Powerball Double Play numbers from April 20 drawing
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Feeling lucky? Explore the latest lottery news & results
Are you a winner? Here’s how to claim your lottery prize
All Missouri Lottery retailers can redeem prizes up to $600. For prizes over $600, winners have the option to submit their claim by mail or in person at one of Missouri Lottery’s regional offices, by appointment only.
To claim by mail, complete a Missouri Lottery winner claim form, sign your winning ticket, and include a copy of your government-issued photo ID along with a completed IRS Form W-9. Ensure your name, address, telephone number and signature are on the back of your ticket. Claims should be mailed to:
Ticket Redemption
Missouri Lottery
P.O. Box 7777
Jefferson City, MO 65102-7777
For in-person claims, visit the Missouri Lottery Headquarters in Jefferson City or one of the regional offices in Kansas City, Springfield or St. Louis. Be sure to call ahead to verify hours and check if an appointment is required.
For additional instructions or to download the claim form, visit the Missouri Lottery prize claim page.
When are the Missouri Lottery drawings held?
- Powerball: 9:59 p.m. Monday, Wednesday and Saturday.
- Mega Millions: 10 p.m. Tuesday and Friday.
- Pick 3: 12:45 p.m. (Midday) and 8:59 p.m. (Evening) daily.
- Pick 4: 12:45 p.m. (Midday) and 8:59 p.m. (Evening) daily.
- Cash4Life: 8 p.m. daily.
- Cash Pop: 8 a.m. (Early Bird), 11 a.m. (Late Morning), 3 p.m. (Matinee), 7 p.m. (Prime Time) and 11 p.m. (Night Owl) daily.
- Show Me Cash: 8:59 p.m. daily.
- Lotto: 8:59 p.m. Wednesday and Saturday.
- Powerball Double Play: 9:59 p.m. Monday, Wednesday and Saturday.
This results page was generated automatically using information from TinBu and a template written and reviewed by a Missouri editor. You can send feedback using this form.
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