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.

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.

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

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.

Lipscomb University's president hosted a dinner for the school's African-American students at his home, one that featured cotton-stalk centerpieces and a menu of traditional soul-food cuisine.

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A dinner intended to give African-American students at a Tennessee university the opportunity to discuss their experience at the private liberal arts school left attendees shocked after tables were… ...