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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

In Focus: Fifty years after Bursar’s Office Takeover, Northwestern reconciles continued parallels in black student concerns

In Focus: Fifty years after Bursar’s Office Takeover, Northwestern reconciles continued parallels in black student concerns

May 3, 2018

Kathryn Ogletree woke up around 6 a.m. after a sleepless night. Hours earlier, black students had convened to finalize plans for an upcoming campus protest. Leading their meeting was the 18-year-old...

Students occupy the Northwestern Bursar’s office in May 1968 for a 38-hour peaceful protest. Current students and alumni gathered at the Black House Friday to commemorate the protest’s 50th anniversary.

Northwestern commemorates 50th anniversary of Bursar’s Office takeover

October 11, 2017

In May 1968, approximately 100 students occupied the Northwestern Bursar’s Office and presented a list of demands to the University — an event that left a lasting legacy on the black student experience...

The circulation desk in Main Library on Northwestern’s campus. NU Libraries recently announced a new archivist position to document the lives of black students, faculty and alumni.

New library archivist position focuses on black experience of students, faculty at NU

May 19, 2017

Northwestern University Libraries hired an archivist to document the lives of black students, faculty and alumni, the University announced Tuesday. Charla Wilson will be the first archivist for the...

Northwestern Black Alumni Association plans task force for 50th year commemoration of Bursar’s Office sit-in

February 19, 2016

Almost 50 years after black students and community supporters at Northwestern took control of the Bursar’s Office and presented the University with a list of demands to improve their quality of life...

The Black House has been a gathering space for black students at Northwestern since the early 1970s. The University suspended a plan Sunday to reorganize the space to include more staff offices following objections from students and alumni.

University halts reorganization of Black House, Multicultural Center space

August 24, 2015

In response to opposition from students and alumni, Northwestern has postponed moving administrative offices into the Black House and the Multicultural Center, a decision that would have forced several...

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