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Q & A with Saluki basketball great Chris Carr during Black History Month

By Joseph Bernard, Sports Reporter
February 21, 2022
Photo courtesy of Bethel African Methodist Episcopal Church.

From the civil rights era to present day Bethel women provide a foundation for the church

By Jason Flynn, Staff Reporter
March 18, 2021
The Pulliam Hall clocktower strikes 2:30 p.m. on Tuesday, May 8, 2018, at Southern Illinois University in Carbondale, Illinois.

Segregation in the Southern Illinois area and how SIU students helped bring it to an end

February 28, 2021
Pulliam Hall is reflected in a puddle on Wednesday, Feb. 20, 2019, outside of Pulliam Hall in Carbondale, Illinois.

Diversity Excellence Lecture and Awards, Dr. Charles Neblett on Civil Rights with SIU

By Juniper Oxford, Staff Reporter
December 5, 2019
Dick Gregory speaks at the D.C. Full Democracy Freedom Rally and March in Washington, D.C., on October 15, 2011. Gregory, a comedian, activist and author, died on Saturday, Aug. 19, 2017.

Dick Gregory: Paving the way for racial equality

By Jeremy Brown, Arts & Entertainment Editor
March 4, 2019
Demonstrators raise their hands while chanting Hands up, dont shoot as they march across campus May 2 during a protest organized in part by the May 2 Strike Committee. During the protest, demonstrators yelled, We have a duty to fight for our freedom, we have a duty to win. The protest, which consisted of more than 100 participants, was in response to such issues as the Illinois budget impasse, student loan debt and racism at SIU. — May 2, 2016, Carbondale, Ill. (

Politics and protests make the university what it is today

By Kallie Cox, Staff Reporter
March 4, 2019
Dick Gregory speaks at the D.C. Full Democracy Freedom Rally and March in Washington, D.C., on October 15, 2011. Gregory, a comedian, activist and author, died on Saturday, Aug. 19, 2017.

Dick Gregory, groundbreaking comedian and civil rights activist, dies at 84

By Dennis McLellan | Los Angeles Times
August 20, 2017
Elder Marilyn James, of Carbondale, indicates to a 1937 image of her great-great-grandfather, the Rev. D. Smith Banks, during her From Slavery to Greatness speech Saturday, Nov. 5, 2016, at the African American Museum in the University Mall. (Morgan Timms | @Morgan_Timms)

Former slave’s life honored at African American Museum

By Shannon Allen
November 5, 2016
(Gina Ferazzi/Los Angeles Times/TNS)

Letter to the Editor: Making sense of the annual SIU safety report

By Jennifer A. Brobst
October 5, 2016
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Column: Even long-ago sins require repentance

By Dan K. Thomasson | Tribune News Service
September 12, 2016
Right, Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General Vanita Gupta Wednesday, Aug. 10, 2016 (Kim Hairston/Baltimore Sun/TNS)

In first, Feds sue Georgia for segregating students with disabilities

By Tony Pugh McClatchy | Washington Bureau
August 24, 2016
SIU under U.S. Department of Education investigation for handling of sexual assault cases

SIU under U.S. Department of Education investigation for handling of sexual assault cases

By Luke Nozicka, @lukenozicka
May 8, 2016
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