Classes and events at several historically Black colleges and universities were canceled on Friday after a wave of fake threats against schools.
The false alarms on Thursday sent at least eight institutions into lockdown, unnerving students and educators and prompting condemnation from Black elected officials.
The schools did not provide information about the nature of the threats made, and it was unclear if they were connected.
The threats shuttered college campuses across five states, including Florida, Georgia and Virginia, and come at a time of heightened anxiety in the aftermath of the assassination of the right-wing activist Charlie Kirk.
The threats also extended beyond Black institutions to campuses and buildings nationwide, including the U.S. Naval Academy in Maryland, where a false report of a shooter on Thursday led to an accidental shooting and two injuries.
The threats against the historically Black colleges, or H.B.C.U.s, began Thursday morning, when several institutions said they had received what they believed were credible threats, and took steps to protect campus safety.
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