Shutting down the dialogue: Censorship at CSU Long Beach, Arts Director resigns in protest

File this under "Ain't supposed to die a natural death":

CSULB's Carpenter Center Director Michele Roberge Resigns In ...

Gazettes.com (satire) (press release) (blog)-Sep 6, 2016

Michele Roberge, executive director of the Carpenter Performing Arts Center, has resigned in protest after California State University, Long ...

Long Beach St. Pulls Plug on N*GGER WETB*CK CH*NK Show ...
OC Weekly-Sep 7, 2016

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A Charged Title. A Canceled Show. Now a Cal State Official Resigns.

New York Times-Sep 13, 2016

Michele Roberge, the director of the Carpenter Performing Arts Center atCalifornia State University, Long Beach, resigned last week after the ...

Carpenter arts center director resigns, saying cancellation of race ...

Los Angeles Times-Sep 8, 2016

The head of the Carpenter Performing Arts Center at Cal State Long Beach isresigning after the university canceled a popular and ... Michele Roberge, who has served as executive director of the center for 14 years, called ...

Cal State Long Beach Carpenter Center closes curtains on NWC
Daily 49er-Sep 7, 2016

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Ain't Supposed to Die a Natural Death (Tunes from Blackness) by Melvin Van Peebles was first performed in 1970 at Sacramento State College, before it was staged in New York.