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Students work on blankets as a community service opportunity while the presidential inauguration plays in the background Monday. The blankets will be donated to One Stop Christmas in the spirt of Martin Luther King Jr.

EIU celebrates Martin Luther King Jr. Day

Christina Holman, Reporter January 21, 2025

Eastern Illinois University staff and students had several opportunities to celebrate and honor Martin Luther King Jr.’s legacy because of the office of belonging, access and engagement’s planning...

Black History Month events to be held throughout February

Black History Month events to be held throughout February

Katja Benz, Campus Reporter January 28, 2022

Eastern’s is celebrating Black History Month by having African American Heritage Month with events throughout February. The first event is Black Lives Matter Speaker Series: Bias in Professionalism...

NACWC to highlight historical African-American women

Kennedy Nolen, Multicultural Reporter February 21, 2017

The National Association of Colored Women’s club will present the many African-American women throughout U.S. history who have overcome oppression and have influenced and contributed to society today....

Christian Johnson, a sophomore secondary education major, plays a mentally and physically abusive partner while Keyana Latimer, a junior sociology major, plays the victim of this abuse, as part of a creative monolgue, during the “Hear My Cry” event Monday in the University Ballroom of the Martin Luther King Jr. University Union.

NACWC pays tribute to victims of police brutality

Mallory Kutnick, Staff Reporter November 29, 2016

  As incidents of police striking down African-Americans continue to breach the public eye, an academic advisor for Eastern’s Gateway Program stated Monday for fairer representation within the...

Showcase to share women victims’ stories

Kalyn Hayslett, Editor-in-Chief November 28, 2016

  The National Association of Colored Women’s Club will speak on the female perspective of police brutality during a “Hear my Voice, Unmasking the Truth” presentation 6 p.m. in the Grand...

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