Potential threats trigger lockdowns at several HBCUs across the South

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By Alisha Ebrahimji, Cindy Von Quednow

(CNN) — Multiple historically Black colleges and universities in the South were on lockdown or canceled classes on Thursday over potential threats.

Hampton University , Virginia State University , Bethune-Cookman University and Alabama State University were on lockdown after receiving “potential threats to campus safety,” according to posts on school social media pages.

The lockdowns come one day after Charlie Kirk , a prominent conservative activist and Trump ally, died after a shooting at a Utah college campus event and on the heels of a wave of active shooter hoaxes at several other college campuses across the country.

Spelman College in Atlanta, Georgia, also issued a shelter-in-place order, which was lifte