Aug 19, 2016 — By WSU News Services — Welcomefest speaker Bree Newsome will present "Tearing Hate From the Sky," at 6:45 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 30, in the RSC Beggs Ballroom.
Newsome was arrested at the South Carolina State Capitol after scaling the 30-foot flagpole, unhooking the Confederate flag and stating "this flag comes down today!" Newsome is an award-winning filmmaker known for "WAKE," writer, composer, singer, community activ