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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


Activists, nonprofits, black businesses, politicians, dancers, musicians and poets unite to celebrate Juneteenth

Activists, nonprofits, black businesses, politicians, dancers, musicians and poets unite to celebrate Juneteenth

June 21, 2020

Local politicians, community activists, poets, dancers and musicians joined together Friday to celebrate Juneteenth. The virtual event was streamed by over 3,000 people.  Kemone Hendricks planned...

S.O.U.L. Creations Inc. performs at the "11 Months of African American History Wrap Up Celebration." The Evanston Public Library's 11-month series ended today with a celebration that included dance and a reading from an August Wilson play.

EPL concludes African-American history programming series

January 18, 2015

A performance from S.O.U.L. Creations Inc. and a reading from an August Wilson play led the wrap-up celebration of the Evanston Public Library’s African-American program series. The program “11...

Gilo Kwesi Logan, professor at Northeastern Illinois University, holds a tear gas canister that the Israeli military shot during a protest in the  West Bank village of Bil'in. Logan was part of a civilian delegation sent to the Middle East to observe life in a conflict zone.

Local educator returns from Middle East, calls for peace

November 26, 2012

In the aftermath of last week’s outbreak of violence between Israelis and Palestinians, Evanston resident Gilo Kwesi Logan aims to spread a message of peace. Logan, a professor at Northeastern Illinois...

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