COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) — Missouri receiver J'Mon Moore decided to visit the protesters who had built a tent city on Carnahan Quad, demanding that the university pay attention to their complaints about racism.
He had to do more. When he got home, he told his roommate and teammate, Anthony Sherrils, that he wanted to support Jonathan Butler, the grad student on a hunger strike in an effort to get the president to step down.
But how?
Moore and Sherrils spoke to defensive back Ian Simon and defensive end Charles Harris and the push to support Butler began to spread.