{"id":6887,"date":"2021-02-23T22:01:17","date_gmt":"2021-02-23T22:01:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thedailyherald.co.uk\/uncategorized\/first-black-president-at-university-of-the-south-says-home-has-been-vandalized-threatening-messages-left\/"},"modified":"2021-02-23T22:01:17","modified_gmt":"2021-02-23T22:01:17","slug":"first-black-president-at-university-of-the-south-says-home-has-been-vandalized-threatening-messages-left","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thedailyherald.co.uk\/business-markets\/first-black-president-at-university-of-the-south-says-home-has-been-vandalized-threatening-messages-left\/","title":{"rendered":"First Black President At University Of The South Says Home Has Been Vandalized, Threatening Messages Left"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Topline Reuben Brigety II, who became the first Black president at the University of the South last year, said his tenure so far has been marred by repeated vandalism of his home and &#8220;threatening messages&#8221; as he pushes for the university to cut ties with its embrace of the Confederacy. Then-U.S. Deputy Assistant Secretary of State Reuben Brigety II speaks to journalists in Nairobi, &#8230; [+] Kenya, on Tuesday, March 30, 2010. (AP Photo\/Khalil Senosi) ASSOCIATED PRESS Key Facts Brigety revealed the harassment during a Sunday service at the Episcopal university&#8217;s chapel, which was first widely reported by the Tennessean on Wednesday. He said beer cans and liquor bottles have been left on the lawn of his on-campus home, while threatening messages have been put on signs by the back door, with Brigety saying vandals have &#8220;taken measures to ensure that my family and I saw the indecent insults&#8221; Brigety\u2014an ex-diplomat who&#8230; Click below to read the full story from Forbes<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/nicholasreimann\/2021\/02\/10\/first-black-president-at-university-of-the-south-says-home-has-been-vandalized-threatening-messages-left\/\" class=\"button purchase\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Topline Reuben Brigety II, who became the first Black president at the University of the South last year, said his tenure so far has been marred by repeated vandalism of his home and &#8220;threatening messages&#8221; as he pushes for the university to cut ties with its embrace of the Confederacy. 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