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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 silently hold signs displaying quotes during a teach-in hosted by the Black People Making History Committee on Tuesday. The packed event featured discussions about the Black Lives Matter movement.

Committee hosts ‘Breathe-In,’ discusses concept of blackness

February 11, 2015

The Black People Making History Committee hosted “Breathe-In,” a teach-in Tuesday focused on the Black Lives Matter movement and blackness in America. Attendees crowded the McCormick Foundation Center...

Students, faculty form committee for Black Lives Matter movement

February 8, 2015

Students and faculty members have formed a new committee within Northwestern’s Center for African American History to create programming focused on the Black Lives Matter movement. The Black People...

Michelle Alexander, a law professor and civil rights lawyer, speaks to a packed Pick-Staiger Concert Hall about modern racial inequalities in America. Alexander’s speech, which focused particularly on disparities in the criminal justice system, concluded Northwestern’s annual celebration of Martin Luther King Jr.

Michelle Alexander talks race, criminal justice to cap Northwestern’s MLK celebrations

January 26, 2015

Drawing a standing ovation from a packed audience in Pick-Staiger Concert Hall on Monday evening, civil rights lawyer Michelle Alexander called on students and the rest of the country to honor Martin...

Northwestern community gathers to renew Deering dialogue

May 12, 2014

Northwestern students, faculty and staff gathered Friday to engage in dialogue in an effort to build community and promote discussion on various campus issues. About 50 students attended the event,...

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