While young people are most aware of the events in Ferguson, Mo. and protests of cases since then, Miami residents revisit the racial tensions and chaos caused by the destructive McDuffie riots in the 1980s. At the University of Miami, several groups have tried to raise awareness for racial issues in the wake of the…
They say you have to start somewhere. For Patricia Whitely, the University of Miami’s vice president for student affairs for the past two decades, that meant seven years of scooping ice cream in order to pay for college. Whitely worked her way through St. John’s University in her home state of New York. Whitely, who…