Sons of Talladega College grads to return degrees b/c band will play at Trump inauguration (al.com)

By Ashley Remkus | aremkus@al.com
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on January 05, 2017 at 8:46 PM, updated January 05, 2017 at 10:52 PM

The sons of two Talladega College graduates say they are returning their deceased parents' doctoral degrees because the school's band will march at President-elect Donald Trump's inauguration.

The school's decision to participate in the inauguration has drawn criticism from some alumni, while others have said it will be a positive experience for the band members.

In a letter to University President Billy C. Hawkins, Peter Rasmussen said he and his brothers, Steven and David, have no doubt their parents would be "angered and deeply disappointed" if they knew about the school's plans. Peter Rasmussen shared the letter's text on Facebook.

Our parents, Donald and Lore Rasmussen, taught at Talladega College from 1942 to 1955, and we, their three sons, spent our early years living in a small white house that used to sit between your home and Derricotte House," the Rasmussen sons wrote in the letter.
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