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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


Jeffrey Sterling, president of the NU Black Alumni Association, speaks at the Black House. Students, alumni and University officials gathered Thursday for a symbolic groundbreaking ceremony on the 50th anniversary of the Bursar’s Office Takeover.

Black alumni, University officials gather for symbolic groundbreaking ceremony at Black House

May 3, 2018

University officials, students and alumni gathered Thursday at the Black House for a symbolic groundbreaking ceremony on the 50th anniversary of the Bursar’s Office Takeover, though the construction...

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...

FMO former board members Will Evans, Herman Cage, Asadah Kirkland, Justin Clarke, and current president of FMO Kasey Brown (left to right) participate in a panel at the Black House. On Tuesday night, the panel discussed the past and future of the black community at Northwestern University and the 50th anniversary of the Bursar’s Office Takeover coming up in May.

For Members Only panelists discuss history, future of black community at NU

February 21, 2018

The past, present and future of For Members Only, Northwestern’s black student alliance, gathered in the Black House on Tuesday night for a panel discussion about the evolution of the black community...

 A Black Lives Matter flag raised over Norris University Center in January 2018. Northwestern provided a progress update on its previously announced commitments to racial and social justice.

Black Lives Matter flag raised over Norris for second year

January 30, 2018

A Black Lives Matter flag was raised Friday at Norris University Center to signal the start of Black History Month programming. The flag was raised in time for the Harambee event on Friday that “celebrated...

Shaun King speaks at The State of the Black Union event on Thursday in Cahn Auditorium. King discussed police brutality and Donald Trump’s rise to power on the back of white supremacy.

Social justice writer Shaun King talks progress, police brutality in US

November 10, 2017

Social justice writer Shaun King said while some people think humanity is advancing, society still confronts many of the same racial challenges it faced decades ago. “It grieves my soul that the things...

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