I knew someone would beat me to posting about this event! Nice catch, KBCraig.
Here is some background, by way of what I posted on FascistBook:
>> Ohio's first *ALL-BLACK* campus OC event <<
Well, first you should know that the private FB event "OSU Open Carry Event - BLACKOUT", as it was named by organizers
Kendall Arroyo,
Princess Kuevor, and Dominic McDonald, was a rousing success!
Although small in terms of the number of participants, it was HUGE in terms of the dialogue generated. It was stunning to see so many students (and some faculty, I think) gathered around and participating in both pro and con dialoguewith each other and the open carriers on OSU's Oval.
Some background: when I started these Walks in 2014 (with the goal of promoting campus carry and dialogue on the subject of guns rights & privileges), they were for the most part composed of white males. Over time that changed and more women attended. It took a couple of years, but
Dakota Marvin, Kendall, and his friend Dominic McDonald broke the color barrier in 2016 at the Miami University Walk. (meanwhile, Princess had organized an event at the Statehouse in support of "stand your ground" legislation)
During those two years and afterward, I and others kept hearing or reading comments by anti-gun people/liberals to the effect of "I'll bet a bunch that a bunch of black people couldn't do that!". I got *real* tired of hearing it.
But, as I've also found in conversations with members of the LGBT community, when the subject is the RKBA, there's a LOT of overt and covert discrimination against those who dare to break out of the groupthink boxes constructed by many of those who are allegedly tolerant and "open minded".
I think Kendall became "woke" to the matter also, in part because of his personal experiences on multiple occasions, and partly because of racist opinions like those expressed by some OSU professors in the wake of my December 2016 Walk there.
He ultimately decided to do something about it - co-planning and advertising the event, and even powering through being called an "Uncle Tom" (etc.) by members of a black gun group!
Yesterday's golden achievement was the culmination of his, Princess' and Dominic's efforts.
Here is a link to the 2016 Walk @ OSU and the letter from the professors which was partially responsible for Kendall's decision to do his own mono-color event:
2015 Walk:
https://www.facebook.com/events/1247404035357994/
Letter:
http://thelantern.com/2016/12/open-letter-to-president-drake-and-ohio-state-administration/