Democracy Dies in Darkness

Students and alumni take to social media to protest Howard University

September 2, 2015 at 10:30 p.m. EDT
Students enter the main gate on the campus of Howard University in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Doug Kapustin/For The Washington Post)

Howard University students and alumni took their frustration public — and viral — Wednesday, with a gush of complaints on social media about problems at the iconic historically black university in Washington, D.C.

Their frustrations — often paired with affection and pride for the school — were both immediate and minute, longstanding and sweeping.