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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


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Local religious leaders discuss faith-based efforts to fight racism during ‘Civic Love’ event

October 25, 2022

Jewish Reconstructionist Congregation Rabbi Rachel Weiss recalled her time at Evanston’s Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Lab Experimental School during a Tuesday event hosted by Northwestern Leadership Development...

Lorraine H. Morton Civic Center. Evanston’s NAACP chapter hosted a Black History Month event highlighting equity initiatives in Evanston’s municipal institutions Monday.

Evanston NAACP hosts Black History Month event, highlights equity initiatives

February 16, 2021

Evanston’s chapter of the NAACP celebrated Black history and discussed local racial equity initiatives in education, policing and healthcare at their virtual Black History Month event Monday. The...

Rabbi Jessica Lott closed the Monday afternoon event with a benediction, while Alpha Mu members held candles in front of their screens.

Alpha Mu’s MLK Day candlelight vigil explores themes of mass incarceration, abolition

January 18, 2021

On Martin Luther King Jr. Day, Northwestern’s Alpha Mu Chapter of the Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity held its 42nd annual candlelight vigil in honor of the civil rights leader, who was a member of the fraternity...

Willie Shaw speaks at an event hosted by the NAACP’s Evanston chapter. She called for legal reform to end the mass incarceration of young black men.

Evanston Branch NAACP hosts panel discussing mass incarceration

February 4, 2018

During her time as a judge, Mary Maxwell-Thomas recommended a young male charged with a crime for an educational program, in lieu of jail time. The boy then went on to earn a college degree and teach in...

Myrlie Evers-Williams delivers the concluding keynote address for Northwestern’s Martin Luther King Jr. Day celebration Monday evening. Evers-Williams is a civil rights activist and former chairperson of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People.

Former chair of NAACP closes MLK celebration with keynote address

January 27, 2014

To end a week of commemoration for Martin Luther King Jr., civil rights activist and author Myrlie Evers-Williams delivered a keynote address Monday, stressing the importance of King's legacy and commenting...

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