The event, "Sleep Out For Sandra," organized by the National Pan-Hellenic Council of MSU, was held in remembrance of Sandra Bland, a black woman who was questionably arrested by a white police officer on July 10 in Texas. Bland suffered injuries during the arrest, according to The Atlantic, and three days later, was found dead in her holding cell.

According to The Atlantic, authorities ruled the death a suicide, while her family argues Bland had no suicidal inclinations, raising questions about what happened during her jail stay.

Last night at the #SleepoutforSandra they covered the rock once but we won't be silenced. #SayHerName We've raised so much attention that the news covered our story last night, the following link is where you can view the story; it will also be in our bio as well! http://www.wilx.com/topstories/headlines/MSU-Students-Camp-Out-For-Sandra-Bland-318630171.html?device=phone&c=y

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“Sandra Bland is someone’s family, someone we all could have known,” Mianna Webber, MSU neuroscience senior and executive programming director of the Black Student Alliance said. 

Webber said a group of students originally painted the Rock in Bland’s honor on Friday, but less than 24 hours later someone painted “Erin + Chris #SpartanDawgs 7.25.15” overtop of it.

We would like to thank all those who came out to take a stand and ensure that our voices will be heard. We hope that these actions will help raise awareness of the situation at hand. #SleepoutForSandra #SandraBland #SayHerName

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“The audacity to do that was really disrespectful,” Webber said. “It was emotional that someone would do that. It hit all of our hearts.”

“This time we are going to camp out and protect it."

Webber said around 50 people attended the sleep out and and wrote individual messages on the Rock.

“We did it for unity, everyone coming together to spread awareness,” Webber said.

The BSA released a picture on Friday of the original painting of the Rock, along with a telling caption, which Myya Jones, the BSA president, allowed for publication.

“Yesterday evening, Black Student Alliance participated in the vigil in honor of #SandraBland. We gathered around and signed our names to the Rock in loving memory of her name. Our fight as African Americans, as humans, is by far not over. Stories such as Sandra Bland’s must continue to be told, we must continue to say her name because her story has become our story, has become apart of our written history. The morning 7.25.15, unfortunately, the work we all put into honoring her memory was painted over and our words crossed out. In light of this, though, it has only given us the fire we need to continue the fight, the motivation we need to keep her name alive and the strength to keep enlightening people about all of our unfortunate stories. Keep spreading the facts, keep reminding people of the truth, justice will eventually prevail. #SayHerName #BlackLivesMatter #BlackWOMENmatter #SayTHEIRnames ... In loving memory, R.I.H. Sandra Bland, your work will not be forgotten, your story will continue through us.”