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Historians generally believe that the first set of enslaved Africans to land in the world that was new to Europeans were transported by a Portuguese ship, the Sao Joao Bautista in 1619. This ship...
Malcolm X was celebrated on what would have been his 98th birthday at Shabazz Center on May 19 through words and music.
Last year, the African American Studies Department celebrated its 50th anniversary, 54 years after Black students demanded acknowledgement of Black art, culture, literature and history during the Bursar’s Office Takeover in 1968. Following the demonstration, Northwestern hired two visiting professors, including historian Lerone Bennett, who would go on to serve briefly as the first African...
On May 3, 1968, more than 100 students occupied the Bursar’s Office in a peaceful protest lasting 38 hours. The activists aimed to raise awareness about the lack of academic, housing, counseling and financial resources available for Black students on campus. By the end of the Takeover, Northwestern administrators agreed to some of the students’...
<p>"What DeSantis and his ilk now fear, is that we the people, Black and white, hold the missing pieces to each other’s stories, and once our stories are told, they can change us profoundly."</p>