After a year of development from student organizers, WashU will have its own chapter of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP). This development comes after decreased Black-student enrollment this year following the Supreme Court’s decision to end affirmative action.
The new chapter will be housed under the department of African and African American Studies (AFAS) as an external group, after its founders experienced complications getting approved as an official student group. Sophomore Precious Barry, President and founder, initially tried to make the organization a student club under Student Union (SU), but due to issues with review by Campus Life, shifted to housing the group as part of AFAS.
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Photo credit: Sam Powers | Washington University in St. Louis Student Life.