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The Daily Northwestern

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


Diane Nash

Distinguished civil rights activist Diane Nash to address Northwestern

December 4, 2015

Distinguished civil rights activist and movement leader Diane Nash will address Northwestern on Jan. 25 in honor of the late humanitarian, Martin Luther King Jr. Nash, a co-founder of the Student Nonviolent...

Former PBS and NPR correspondent Charlayne Hunter-Gault speaks at Medill about growing up in the 1960s. Hunter-Gault was one of the first two black students to enroll at the University of Georgia during the civil rights movement.

Civil rights activist, journalist speaks on segregation

October 12, 2014

When Charlayne Hunter-Gault decided to study at the University of Georgia in the 1960s, she did not expect to become a figure in the civil rights movement.  “I think that wanting to be a journalist...

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