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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


A panel including Provost Jonathan Holloway discusses “An Outrage,” a film on lynching in the American South. Holloway said violence was a response to black people receiving opportunities during the Reconstruction Era and for “not behaving” in the eyes of white people.

Holloway, documentary directors discuss importance of studying lynching

February 20, 2018

In the documentary “An Outrage,” Provost Jonathan Holloway said it’s important to remember the history of lynchings in the Jim Crow South because the pain and memory carry on for generations. “Being...

Isabel Wilkerson speaks about race relations throughout American history to a crowd of about 900 people at Evanston Township High School. Wilkerson was the first black woman to win a Pulitzer Prize in American journalism.

Author draws hundreds to speech about legacy of Great Migration at Evanston Township High School

November 17, 2015

The great American jazz musician Louis Armstrong and award-winning novelist Toni Morrison would not exist if it weren’t for the Great Migration of the 20th century, said Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist...

Isabel Wilkerson, a Pulitzer Prize-winning American journalist, talks about her book “The Warmth of Other Suns: The Epic Story of America's Great Migration.” Davis gave the talk Thursday for the 2013 Allison Davis Lecture.

Author Isabel Wilkerson speaks about Great Migration

November 7, 2013

Pulitzer Prize-winning author Isabel Wilkerson spoke to a packed audience Thursday about the Great Migration of the mid-20th century and black Americans' rise from Southern oppression. About 100 students...

Journalist Isabel Wilkerson to deliver Allison Davis Lecture

October 9, 2013

Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Isabel Wilkerson will deliver this year's Allison Davis Lecture on Nov. 7 in Harris Hall. Wilkerson was the first black woman to win the Pulitzer Prize in journalism,...

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