BATON ROUGE — In the wake of a campus-wide lockdown and evacuation for an unspecified threat, Southern University was quiet Friday afternoon.

Currently, and through the weekend, the only people allowed on campus are students who live here and essential employees like the dining hall staff. All classes and activities are cancelled.

The extended closure is out of an abundance of caution. Thursday morning, Southern sent an email to students concerning a 'potential threat', advising anyone on campus to shelter in place.

Eventually, the 'threat' was determined to be this email , sent to at least five other HBCUs, in which the writer claims they will shoot every Black person they see.

While some students praise SU's quick and sweeping response to the threat, they say the lack of solid info

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