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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


Students and other NU community members gathered in Parkes Hall for the annual Black Jewish Freedom Seder, where they engaged in conversations on topics touching the black and Jewish communities.

Freedom Seder brings together black, Jewish communities

April 14, 2013

Students from different ethnic communities on campus came together Sunday night in Parkes Hall to discuss racial history and identity at Northwestern. The annual Black Jewish Freedom Seder, an event...

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 30, 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 Mondays 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...

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