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‘We speak for ourselves’

Northwestern scholars help launch new exhibition at Chicago’s Field Museum to amplify the diverse voices of Native American and Indigenous people

Afro-Latino politicians could bridge the African American-Latino divide

In the U.S., Dominicans are the Hispanic group with the largest Black population. Many are pressured to identify as either Black or Latino, not both.

Northwestern scholar establishes Reparations Research Collaborative

Lewis-Sebring Foundation grant will fund study of Evanston’s landmark legislation

Did the civil rights movement use military tactics to topple Jim Crow?

Historian Kevin Boyle explores the new book, “Waging a Good War: A Military History of the Civil Rights Movement, 1954-1968”

As gun deaths surge, scientists fill knowledge gaps in field of violence intervention

Landmark study reveals extreme levels of exposure to violence, risk of being shot for community violence intervention workers

Tracing the American civil rights movement that started long before the Civil War

In her new book, historian Kate Masur examines the early activists who envisioned the United States as a multi-racial nation

Northwestern hosts renowned history and humanities scholar Gabrielle Foreman

Campus events with ‘Colored Conventions Project’ founder will take place May 2 to 6

See Northwestern from a new perspective with the feminist campus tour

Documenting Illinois’ first statewide Black political conference

History project profiles 25 antebellum activists engaged in the struggle for racial justice

Police violence linked to higher rates of preterm delivery, heart disease among Black women

Analysis links police complaints with hospital records, suggesting consequences may begin in utero

Art as a way to protest, process, mourn and memorialize anti-Black violence in America

Block Museum exhibition “A Site of Struggle: American Art against Anti-Black Violence” stakes a claim on the power of the visual to make change

Nikole Hannah-Jones says honest conversations about history are needed

‘What happened a long time ago, shapes what is happening now’

MLK Dream Week highlighted by 1619 Project creator

Candlelight vigil and keynote events have moved to Zoom this year

Northwestern continues Racial Equity and Community Partnership grants

‘Our first year of funded projects is already having an impact’

Honoring Emmett Till’s life — and his mother’s legacy

Medill professor announces the creation of a new institute to “reach one another, to teach one another”

The Black House reopens with reflections on the past and a look to the future

After renovations, a new design and feel to a critical space for Black connection and community

Northwestern expands social justice and anti-racism learning

What is the best age to talk with children about race?

Q&A with psychology professor and IPR research fellow Sylvia Perry

Student activists reflect on growth and change over Northwestern years

Four community-centered students recognized by annual campus change award

Northwestern receives Higher Education Excellence in Diversity Award

Honor comes from the oldest and largest diversity-focused publication in higher education