The Ole Miss athletics department came together on Saturday morning to spread a message of unity.
In response to weeks-long protests across the country, and here in Oxford, over the death of George Floyd while in the custody of the Minneapolis police last month and racial injustices, the Ole Miss student-athletes, coaches and staff members held a Unity March on campus.
The march, which was private due to COVID-19 and social distancing guidelines, started at the Ole Miss Track & Field complex, where athletics director Keith Carter, women’s basketball coach Yolett McPhee-McCuin and Oxford Mayor Robyn Tannehill spoke to the athletes in attendance.