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8 posts tagged "Civil Rights Movement"

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Walk the Walk Week celebrates MLK Day, brings civil rights leader to campus

Renee Pierson | Friday, January 17, 2020

Notre Dame’s annual Walk the Walk Week, an event week honoring Martin Luther King Jr. Day and aimed at promoting diversity and inclusion on campus, will commence Monday. Civil rights leader Diane Nash will deliver the keynote address of Walk the Walk Week’s flagship event, the MLK Celebration Luncheon. The week will also include lectures,

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Madness prevails 50 years after King

Gary Caruso | Friday, April 6, 2018

In an era of instant connectivity, we seem not to seek answers. In an age of plenty, we cherish greed. In a time when our nation is rapidly changing most of its demographics, we seek a return to an earlier time remembered as great. Without a time machine that could return us to a life

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Author discusses storytelling, violence against black women

Gina Twardosz | Wednesday, February 7, 2018

Danielle McGuire, author of ‘At the Dark End of the Street,’ spoke at Saint Mary’s on Thursday night about the power of historical storytelling. McGuire said her research into the stories and narratives of the Civil Rights Movement led her discover a common thread of sexually-motivated violence against black women. “What I found was that even

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Activist reflects on civil rights movement experience

Selena Ponio | Wednesday, March 8, 2017

American civil rights activist Diane Nash — who led the first successful campaign to desegregate lunch counters, was a part of the Selma voting rights movement and co-founded the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee — shared her personal experiences with racism and her integral efforts in the civil rights movement Tuesday. Nash was first exposed to the full extent of

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Speaker addresses justice, Martin Luther King, Jr. legacy

Martha Reilly | Thursday, January 19, 2017

Diversity and Inclusion Officer for the city of South Bend, Christina Brooks, spoke at Mass on Wednesday night in Le Mans Hall, instructing students to remain vocal about issues that concern them if they want to make valuable change in their communities. “If your voice is missing, the revolution doesn’t take place,” she said. “Justice doesn’t

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Professor explores racial movements

Jenna Wilson | Friday, February 19, 2016

Is there a difference between the civil rights movement and the Black Lives Matter movement? Is it one intergenerational movement? These are the questions students gathered to answer in a roundtable discussion Thursday in LaFortune Student Center. The conversation, part of a Black History Month discussion series, was sponsored by Multicultural Peace, Equality and Community

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Photojournalist presents civil rights work

Madison Riehle | Friday, September 25, 2015

Silhouetted against the image of Martin Luther King Jr. on the cover of last year’s Time Magazine, photojournalist Dan Budnik took the stage at Annenberg Auditorium last night to share his experiences as a civil rights photographer and insights behind some of the movement’s most famous moments during a lecture titled “Marching to the Freedom

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A dangerous equivocation

Letter to the Editor | Sunday, March 2, 2014

I would first like to preface this letter by saying that I have no intention to rule on the legitimacy or morality of homosexuality or gay rights. After having read several articles both in this newspaper and others, I have found a glaring issue with the method of argument. In light of this, I would

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