Religious leaders across Florida are calling for peace and unity after a wave of terroristic threats targeted historically Black colleges and universities in the days following the assassination of conservative activist Charlie Kirk.Bethune-Cookman University in Daytona Beach was placed on lockdown Sept. 11 after receiving threats. At least four other HBCUs nationwide were also forced into lockdown the same day. In Tennessee, a group wearing MAGA hats and carrying anti-DEI signs was removed from the Tennessee State University campus Tuesday.A dozen pastors from the Florida General Baptist Convention gathered outside the historic 93rd Street Community Baptist Church in Miami to denounce the threats.”We know that hatred and murdering going on in our country is not of God. It is not of God and it was not of God for Mr. Kirk to be assassinated the way he was assassinated,” said Carl Johnson, a pastor and president of the Florida General Baptist Convention.
