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Several hate crimes on the campus. >> we didnt respond or react -- >> while striking a different tone than the one captured in this tense exchange with students. >> system -- is because you dont believe that tough equal opportunity for success. >> did you just blame us for system -- >> even long time faculty say racism has been a problem on campus for years. >> ive been called the "n" word too many times to talk about on camera and to write them all out. >> tempers reaching a boiling point in mi...

>> you know, i wouldnt say i was surprised about the president stepping down and chancellor. it should have stoppened earlier because former um system president tim wolf had a track record since hes been in office of just being negligent and not performing key roles of his duty so we really honestly reiterated but should have never gotten to this point. >> paton, for those who dont go to the university of missouri, can you explain what the campus university is like for african american students?...

After weeks of anti-racism prose tests on campus. he will step down from the university of missouri, columbia by the end of the year. this came almost following the resignation of tim wolf after threats of a walkout from staff and students. all this stemmed from allegations that the administration did nothing to stop acts of racism happening on campus within the student body. students say its just the first step. >> moment brought us close together. its kind of what is my brother doing. im there...

Away for security reasons. carol? >> nick valencia reporting live from louisiana this morning. more threats of student demonstrations of faculty walkout on the mizzou campus. the university president resigned yesterday but protesters say their fight is far from over. stephanie elam joins me from the campus with more. good morning. >> reporter: good morning, carol. this is, perhaps, something you could count in the win column for the student activists but when you talk to students here, they sa...

Chief washington correspondent james rosen has the story of what unfolded on campus. james? >> reporter: good evening. black student activists on the columbia campus of the university of missouri where the black african-american population is just 8% has toppled two of the universitys most powerful figures, today the chancellor lofton is stepping down at year end to lead university programs following a dramatic announcement from university president tim wolf who in buckling to mounting president...

These so-called racial incidents are things that most people would blow off, maybe youd write about it on twitter and that would be the end of it. >> there was a swastika on campus and they didnt feel enough was done. >> written in excrements. >> first of all -- >> lets lisa go. >> ongoing racial slurs, ongoing feces having swastikas in excrement and people throwing around these epithets is just some thing we can brush off when tim wolfe himself said he was wrong and he should have done somethin...

The university system president and the schools chancellor ousted amid racial tensions and weeks of student-led protests. >> please use this resignation to heal. not to hate. >> this is just the beginning in aiding and dismantling systems of oppression within higher education, specifically the um system. >> reporter: effective immediately, the resignation of university president tim wolf who some say failed to adequately address several hate crimes on mizzous campus. >> we didnt respond or react...

Out at the university of missouri, the football schedule is back on. theyre going to be playing football this saturday, after dozens of players protested, university leadership saying they failed to address racism, on the university of missouri campus. but the protests, although peaceful, were still controversial. >> gabriel knows all that. shes been following this impactful story. >> after weeks of anti-racism protests the entire missouri football team is scheduled to be back at practice today....

Chief washington correspondent james rosen has the story of what unfolded on campus. james? >> reporter: good evening. black student activists on the columbia campus of the university of missouri where the black african-american population is just 8% has toppled two of the universitys most powerful figures, today the chancellor lofton is stepping down at year end to lead university programs following a dramatic announcement from university president tim wolf who in buckling to mounting president...

Body president posted on facebook that he was called the "n" word, something that happened, he wrote, multiple times on campus. then in mid-october, a swastika painted in feces inside one of the residence halls. by november, second graduate student jonathan butler launching a hunger strike, pledging not to eat until tim wolfe resigned. >> a lot of people know how corrupt the system is. they thought i was going to die from day one. from the moment i made my announcement, people thought i was a de...