Some black students invited to the president's home were stunned to be served a soul food dinner with cotton stalks used as table centerpieces.

Lipscomb University President Randy Lowry said he would meet with black students this week in the wake of a controversy over the decor and food at a dinner in his home.

Nagpur: The ICAR-Central Institute of Research on Cotton Technology (Circot) on Wednesday distributed 20 chippers to select farmers from the district to help them monetize cotton stalk post ...

University President To Discuss Cotton Stalk Controversy. Published Sep 20, 2017 at 12:24 PM EDT.

More: Lipscomb president to meet with black students in wake of cotton stalk controversy “The content of the centerpieces was offensive, and I could have handled the situation with more sensitivity.

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Some parents in Loudoun County are turning to the county’s NAACP for support after they say several students were forced to pass around a stalk of cotton as part of a class demonstration.

College president sorry for cotton stalk centerpieces at dinner for Black students. Students claim the centerpieces in the home of Lipscomb University president in Tennessee were made of cotton stalk.

Commodities trader ED&F Man Holdings Ltd. is expanding into the cotton market after hiring a team from Viterra, an agriculture company backed by Glencore Plc, according to people familiar with the ...

Flyers With Confederate Flag, Cotton Stalk Posted at American University Campus police have a photo of the man they think is responsible Published September 27, 2017 • Updated on October 31 ...