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Mizzou DE: Protests testament to clout of athletes

COLUMBIA, Mo. -- Unrest on the Missouri campus, brought on by dissatisfaction with the way the president of the university system handled complaints about racism, had been brewing for months.

It took only two days after the football team joined the protest and threatened to stay off the field until a black student protester ended his hunger strike for the target of their boycott to be gone.