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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


Charla Wilson stands in a black and white patterned dress, black cardigan and blue necklace in front of brown bookshelves.

Charla Wilson preserves history, uplifts student voices as Northwestern’s archivist for the Black experience

May 22, 2023

A San Diego native, Charla Wilson knew she wanted to write about the history of the city’s Black community for her master’s thesis at California State University San Marcos. Sifting through documents...

A sign above the Multicultural Center. Alumni and administrators discussed the Bursar’s Office Takeover and black student experience at NU during a Thursday panel.

Panelists discuss Bursar’s Office Takeover, culture for black students at NU

May 4, 2018

Provost Jonathan Holloway welcomed participants of the 1968 Bursar’s Office Takeover decades after they set the course to transform the black student experience at Northwestern. “Welcome back, I’ve...

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...

Alumna Kathryn Ogletree speaks about Bursar’s Office Takeover experience

March 19, 2018

At a Thursday event, Northwestern alumna Kathryn Ogletree (Weinberg ’71) told students activism is a continuous responsibility and should be practiced both at home and in professional environments. Ogletree...

Letter to the Editor: On International Women’s Day, Women’s Center remains committed to gender inclusion, women’s history

March 8, 2018

International Women’s Day is celebrated March 8 in schools and communities throughout the world. The observance grew out of the International Women’s Conference in 1910 as a way to assert women’s...

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