Crisis Management: An Assessment of College and University Executive Communications Prior to the Darren Wilson Grand Jury Decision.
In the fall of 2014, administrators at colleges and universities in the greater St. Louis, Missouri area prepared for the grand jury announcement regarding the potential indictment of police officer Darren Wilson. Weeks prior, Wilson had shot and killed Michael Brown, in the city of Ferguson, Missou...
| Published in: | Western Journal of Black Studies Vol. 39; no. 4; pp. 300 - 312 |
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