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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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Speakers encourage unity in combating inequity at 2022 Commencement

June 13, 2022

Speakers called on Northwestern’s Class of 2022 to come together to work against national and global injustice Monday during the University’s first in-person Commencement since 2019.  Former New...

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Bestselling author Isabel Wilkerson to deliver commencement address this year

March 17, 2022

Former New York Times reporter and bestselling author Isabel Wilkerson will deliver the commencement address this year, the University announced Thursday. Wilkerson, author of “The Warmth of Other...

Isabel Wilkerson, a Pulitzer Prize-winning American journalist, talks about her book “The Warmth of Other Suns: The Epic Story of America's Great Migration.” Davis gave the talk Thursday for the 2013 Allison Davis Lecture.

Author Isabel Wilkerson speaks about Great Migration

November 7, 2013

Pulitzer Prize-winning author Isabel Wilkerson spoke to a packed audience Thursday about the Great Migration of the mid-20th century and black Americans' rise from Southern oppression. About 100 students...

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The Warmth of Other Suns: The Epic Story of America’s Great Migration