Jackson, Mississippi, liberal arts school Millsaps College fired a professor for an email sent after Donald Trump won the 2024 presidential election.

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Millsaps College fires professor over email blasting Trump. Professor: It's 'censorship'

James Bowley fired by Millsaps College in Mississippi for telling class after Trump’s victory that he needed ‘time to mourn’

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The tenured faculty member said Millsaps College argued that his email could be misconstrued as speaking on behalf of the institution. He’s appealing to the board.  After Donald Trump was elected president in 2016, some faculty canceled classes to allow themselves and students time to process a result that shocked the media and academe. Campus responses to Trump’s re-election in November seemed more muted. But at Millsaps College, a private Miss…

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