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After more than 100 students took over Northwestern’s Bursar’s Office in 1968, the University made the May 4th Agreement, acknowledging activists’ demands to improve Black student life and recognizing “the importance of expanding studies of Black history and Black culture.”  On Saturday, the African American Studies department commemorated its 50th anniversary in a daylong celebration...

Milwaukee-based book influencer Cree Myles curates an account for Penguin Random House dedicated to celebrating Black writers.

Memphis. Writing that one word — the name of her city and now the title of her debut novel — was the moment Tara Stringfellow (Weinberg ’07, School of Professional Studies ’18) said she knew she was writing something special. “You’re born a poet. It’s a calling,” Stringfellow said. “I knew I wanted to write...