Howard University protest over dorm conditions ends after 34 days

Published November 19, 2021 9:29pm ET



Students who occupied a building at Howard University for 34 days have reached an agreement with school administrators over living conditions in dormitories.

Students at the historically black university in Washington, D.C., began camping in and around the Blackburn University Center last month when they said their complaints about mold, mice, roaches, flooding, and Wi-Fi outages in the dorms went unheard. After over a month of negotiations, President Wayne Frederick announced Monday that the university had reached a deal with protesters.

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