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

The Daily Northwestern

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

The Daily Northwestern

Art Alliance’s production of “Once on this Island” was a showcase of love, joy, and dance.

Arts Alliance’s ‘Once on this Island’ brings tropical warmth to chilly Evanston

October 10, 2023

Though an autumnal chill has fallen upon Evanston, Arts Alliance’s production of “Once on this Island” filled Shanley Pavilion with the energy and warmth of the Caribbean last weekend. In the...

Crawford: How food helps me connect to my culture

Crawford: How food helps me connect to my culture

April 13, 2022

Growing up, I always had a passion for food, and I wasn’t shy about it. I’d ask time and time again to try something new off the entree menu. My grandma would laugh and comment on my long belly, a...

Harry Belafonte, world-renowned singer and humanitarian, delivers the keynote address to conclude Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. celebrations. Belafonte became a close personal friend to Dr. King after meeting him in the 1950’s.

Belafonte closes MLK celebration with call for renewal of ‘radical thought’

January 30, 2013

Ending Northwestern’s two-week celebration of Martin Luther King Jr. in a keynote address Monday, legendary Calypso singer and civil rights activist Harry Belafonte bemoaned the death on college campuses...

Jan Carew was a key Caribbean intellectual and former chair of Northwestern’s department of African American studies who worked at the from 1973-1985. Carew died last month at the age of 92.

Northwestern African American studies professor, noted novelist dies at 92

January 11, 2013

Jan Carew, a key Caribbean intellectual and former chair of Northwestern’s department of African American studies, died last month at the age of 92, the University announced Thursday. Carew, who taught...

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