Students at three North Carolina universities walked out of classes Thursday, demanding justice for Nolan Wells — the 18-year-old whose death in Mississippi waters this summer still has no cause.
The walkouts hit NC Central University in Durham, NC A&T in Greensboro, and NC State in Raleigh, according to footage shared by BreakThrough News on October 16. The 8-second video shows demonstrators marching outdoors, one placard reading “JUSTICE FOR NOLAN WELLS,” a young woman leading chants through a megaphone. It is the latest stop in a movement that has already spread from Mississippi to Atlanta and New York.
Wells, a Black college student from Ocean Springs, Mississippi, traveled by boat with friends to Horn Island on July 4, 2026. He did not return with the group. His body was found off the island on the morning of July 6…