i think there s been a lot of racial tensions, and i m glad that something has finally been done. reporter: in september, the black student body president said a group of white students had shouted the n word at him. i m walking down the street and someone slings the n word out at me again. reporter: other students reported a swastika left on a dorm wall. and the university s response was lacking, even infuriating, they said. they could hardly believe the news. enough to bring some to tears. enough for protest leader jonathan butler to end his hunger strike after eight days. appearing weak, and unsteady. our humanity is worth fighting for, that s what we re saying in this moment that we re worth fighting for. reporter: the anger is fuelled by racial tension across the country, including last year s riots in ferguson, less than two hours away. the tipping point came over the
calculus changed reporter: after two months of anger and unrest on campus, an announcement as sudden as it was stunning. i m resigning as president of the university of missouri system. reporter: hours later the chancellor announced he ll be stepping down at the end of the year. students say this semester has been plagued with incidents of racial harassment. a lot of racial tensions. i m glad that something has been done. reporter: in september the black student body president said a group of white students shouted the n word at him. i m walking down the street. someone screams the n word out at me again. reporter: other students reported a swastika left on a dorm wall. and the university s response was lacking, even infuriating, they said. they could hardly believe the
say the president ignored. in 2010 cotton balls scattered in front of the student center, a reference to slavery. most recently a swasticka in human excrement left on a dorm wall. the students say the post ferguson generation shaped in the city two hours away. black students make up 7% of the 35,000 students. these protesters mobilize camping out. faculty threatened to walk off the job. it was this that became the protest game changer. 30 football players tweeted they would boycott team activities until the president resigned. the coach tweeting the images and this, we are behind our players a possible million dollar fine wolf now a
both sides of the aisle here in the state and in d.c. encouraging him, pressuring him to step down. you have students staging sit-ins and walk-outs. and then the news that the football team, at least 30 players, would not be playing in the next coming game or participate in any practices, a move that could have potentially cost the university more than $1 million. so the pressure was definitely mountsing on tim wolfe. now the announcement this morning that he will in fact be stepping down. it is important to mention, too, that this student leaders and activists say that this. isn t going to fix the problem. this is just a first step in true change when it comes to race relations on the campus of mi mizz mizzou. there s been a number of racist incidents in the past months, students as lately as last week complaining that racial slurs were being hurled at them. the swastika drawn on a dorm
university of missouri are calling for a walk-out today, the latest action in the protest calling for the school s president to resign. planned walkout taking place as university leaders try to resolve their racial tensions at the missouri campus. dozens of football players are also protesting, they re saying they will not take the field until the president of that university is gone. nbc s sarah dallof joins us from columbia, missouri with more. reporter: good morning, jose. the emergency meeting with the university s governing board gets started in about 15 minutes. this as more voices join the chorus calling for university president tim wolfe to either resign or be fired. this call for action comes after a number of racist incidents on the campus and what some describe as a woefully inadequate response by the university. now these incidents range from racial slurs being shouted at students to a swastika drawn on a dorm wall. over the weekend what will likely be remembered as a