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Northwestern University and Evanston's Only Daily News Source Since 1881

The Daily Northwestern


A candlelight vigil at Alice Millar Chapel is among the events honoring Martin Luther King Jr. this weekend.

Here is how you can honor Martin Luther King Jr. weekend in Evanston

January 10, 2024

This coming weekend is Martin Luther King Jr. Day, and businesses and organizations around Evanston are planning events around the city to commemorate the holiday.  Here’s how to honor the holiday...

Sketches of people protesting in front of a Black building with chalk-style outlines over a collage of black and white photos of students protesting at the Bursar’s Office in 1968.

55 years after Black student activists occupied the Bursar’s Office, students see unresolved problems and progress

May 22, 2023

Content warning: This article contains discussions of racial violence. When Leslie Harris (Weinberg ’70) thinks back to his college years at Northwestern, he recalls an unwelcoming campus community...

Picture of Alice Millar Chapel stained colorful glass with Martin Luther King’s face in front.

Alpha Mu hosts Alice Millar Candlelight Vigil to commemorate Martin Luther King Jr.

January 16, 2023

Northwestern students, faculty and community members filled the wooden pews and lit candles at Alice Millar Chapel on Monday afternoon to commemorate Martin Luther King Jr. To kick off “Dream Week,”...

Activist Tarana Burke delivers a keynote address on community healing from sexual abuse in marginalized communities. Burke has been organizing for years and is the founder of the #MeToo movement

Tarana Burke talks MeToo movement during keynote address for MLK Dream Week

January 28, 2020

Before #MeToo became a rallying cry for the global movement against sexual misconduct, Tarana Burke had been organizing communities of color for years to address sexual violence. At Pick-Staiger Concert...

Panelists discuss black progress at the Martin Luther King Day candlelight vigil.

Alpha Mu hosts annual Martin Luther King Jr. candlelight vigil

January 20, 2020

Northwestern’s Alpha Mu Chapter of the Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity hosted its 41st annual candlelight vigil in honor of civil rights activist Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. this Monday at Alice Millar Chapel....

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