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Social media fuels Georgia college students' activism

Kimberly Canter, a Spelman College student who said she was raped on campus by three men, speaks before Vice President Joe Biden at Morehouse College on Nov. 10 during a three-college tour to mobilize students to take action to prevent sexual assault on campuses in Atlanta. (Curtis Compton / ccompton@ajc.com)
Kimberly Canter, a Spelman College student who said she was raped on campus by three men, speaks before Vice President Joe Biden at Morehouse College on Nov. 10 during a three-college tour to mobilize students to take action to prevent sexual assault on campuses in Atlanta. (Curtis Compton / ccompton@ajc.com)
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Nov 27, 2015

The messages went out on social media: it was time for black college students in Atlanta to take a stand against racial injustice.

A group of about 60 students from colleges across metro Atlanta responded last week, rallying downtown in pouring rain to support black students at the University of Missouri and demanding changes on their own campuses. Hundreds more participated online, sharing messages of solidarity on their own social media pages.

Current student activism takes it to the electronic street. It’s mobile, swift and technologically savvy.

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