After student protests, a hunger strike and a players' strike over racist incidents on campus, University of Missouri president Tim Wolfe agreed to step down.
After protests, a student's hunger strike and a strike by some football players, President Tim Wolfe and Chancellor R. Bowen Loftin announced their resignations.
The teachers said they want to stand in solidarity with the Mizzou student activists who are demanding racial justice on campus. The news comes a day after some football players joined the cause.
On Saturday, members of the football team announced they would not play another game until the university president stepped down. These two statements explain some of the feelings on campus.
The football players joined a growing movement that has called for the university to seriously address systemic racism. For months, students have staged demonstrations across the university system.