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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


Harry Belafonte, world-renowned singer and humanitarian, delivers the keynote address to conclude Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. celebrations. Belafonte became a close personal friend to Dr. King after meeting him in the 1950’s.

Belafonte closes MLK celebration with call for renewal of ‘radical thought’

January 29, 2013

Ending Northwestern’s two-week celebration of Martin Luther King Jr. in a keynote address Monday, legendary Calypso singer and civil rights activist Harry Belafonte bemoaned the death on college campuses...

Students in attendance at Monday's vigil held candles and joined the Northwestern Community Ensemble in singing "We Shall Overcome."

Candlelight vigil caps Northwestern’s MLK Day celebration

January 21, 2013

As audience members held flickering candles in front of him, McCormick junior Brandan Matthews read the words of Martin Luther King Jr. “And I assert at this time that once again we must reaffirm...

Former Northwestern football player Napoleon Harris is running for the Chicago congressional seat vacated by former House Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. (D-Chicago). Harris joins more than a dozen other Democrats running in the February primary.

Former Northwestern football player running for vacated House seat

January 16, 2013

Former Northwestern and professional football player Napoleon Harris is entering a crowded field to replace an embattled Chicago congressman. A native of Dixmoor, a small city south of Chicago, Harris...

Former Northwestern football player to run for Congress in Chicago

November 28, 2012

A former Northwestern football player declared Monday that he will contend for the U.S. House seat in Chicago's south suburbs left open by the resignation of Democratic Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. "I'm running,"...

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