Black Auburn alumni, students say university needs to change

Alabama's Black population is 26 percent of the state. Auburn University's Black population is about 5 percent. When a group of Black Auburn alumni came together over the summer to find a way to have an impact on diversity matters at their alma mater, this statistic concerned them most. The group, called the Coalition of Black Alumni, was driven by the police killings of George Floyd and Breonna Taylor, both Black people, and the subsequent protests and movement against racism and...