Part 3: Hell Breaks Loose

By Drew Hawkins

Published November 14, 2024 at 12:31 PM CST

Ways To Subscribe

Apple
Spotify

After weeks of campus disruptions and classroom boycotts, Southern University’s administration decided to take drastic action. They contacted local law enforcement and made a plan to arrest the leaders of the student protest movement. In this episode, we follow what happened on November 16, 1972, moment by moment.

Bitter Jaguar

Drew Hawkins

Drew Hawkins is the health equity reporter for the Gulf States Newsroom. He covers stories related to health care access and outcomes across the region, with a focus on the social factors that drive disparities.

See stories by Drew Hawkins