African American Ole Miss Student Attacked in The Retreat Complex |

African American Ole Miss Student Attacked in The Retreat Complex |: An African American Ole Miss student and resident of the Retreat Cottage Community in Oxford was doused with an alcoholic beverage and called a “black nigger” by unidentified passengers in a black truck around 8 p.m. Monday.

Oxford Police think the incident might be linked to the defacement of the statue of James Meredith on campus early Sunday morning.

The incident occurred at the Retreat, which is a 668-bed community at 2405 Anderson Road, about a mile from the Ole Miss campus. It’s populated almost entirely by Ole Miss students.

Kiesha Reeves, a third-year senior and participant in the Honors College program, says her roommate returned to the residence describing a black truck full of drunken people yelling racial slurs.