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VCU students walk out of commencement protesting Youngkin speech

Students at Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU) walked out of a graduation ceremony to protest a speech by Governor Glenn Youngkin (R-Va.). About 100 of the 1,200 graduates who attended Saturday’s graduation ceremony silently filed out of the Greater Richmond Convention Center, some wearing kaffiyeh scarves and holding signs that read “Teach Black History” and “Books.” […]