NBC Boston
UMass Amherst commencement speaker withdraws after protester arrests
18 hours ago
WAMC Northeast Public Radio
UMass Amherst commencement speaker Colson Whitehead pulls out after campus protest arrests
Pulitzer-prize winning author Colson Whitehead announced he'll withdraw as this year’s commencement speaker, citing the arrests of more than 130 people on campus earlier this week. Posting on ...
4 hours ago
The Daily Beast
Colson Whitehead Pulls Out as UMass Commencement Speaker
The Boston Globe
UMass Amherst commencement speaker withdraws after police arrest campus protesters - The Boston Globe
23 hours ago
The Republican
UMass undergrads call for Chancellor Javier Reyes’ resignation; grad speaker Colson Whitehead pulls out in protest
22 hours ago
WCAX-TV Vermont
UMass commencement speaker cancels; Police break up MIT encampment
7 hours ago
View all
American novelist
colsonwhitehead.com
Arch Colson Chipp Whitehead (born November 6, 1969) is an American novelist. He is the author of nine novels, including his 1999 debut The Intuitionist; The Underground Railroad (2... Wikipedia