A Reckoning After Morehouse Withdraws From Debate Tournament, Citing 'Anti-Blackness'

A Reckoning After Morehouse Withdraws From Debate Tournament, Citing 'Anti-Blackness'
Members of the Morehouse College speech and debate team at the 2019 Pi Kappa Delta National Championship at Hofstra University. Coach Kenneth Newby is seen at the center, and student debater Daniel Edwards is at front left.

"This tournament was a culmination of years of innate and not-so-well concealed racism within the debate community that came to a head," says Daniel Edwards, the Morehouse College team captain.

(Image credit: Morehouse College Speech and Debate Program)



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