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The Daily Egyptian
Serving the Southern Illinois University community since 1916.

The Daily Egyptian
Serving the Southern Illinois University community since 1916.

The Daily Egyptian
Chancellor addresses diversity, inclusion after Chauvin verdict

Chancellor addresses diversity, inclusion after Chauvin verdict

By Jamilah Lewis, Staff Reporter
April 21, 2021
Attorney Ben Crump spoke with the family of George Floyd at a news conference held after the verdict in the murder trial of former Minneapolis police Officer Derek Chauvin, on Tuesday, April 20, 2021, in Minneapolis. (Carlos Gonzalez/Minneapolis Star Tribune/TNS)

Floyd family says push for policing change cannot end after verdict

By Jessie, Van Berkel Star Tribune, Tribune Content Agency
April 20, 2021
Derek Chauvin found guilty on all counts in death of George Floyd

Derek Chauvin found guilty on all counts in death of George Floyd

By News Desk, News Desk
April 20, 2021
Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker takes questions from the media on Tuesday, Jan. 21, 2020 at the School of Mass Communication and Media Arts at SIU.

125 Illinois National Guard members activated, protests expected to continue in Chicago

By Keaton Yates, Staff Reporter
April 20, 2021
Attorney Eric Nelson and his client, Derek Chauvin. (Court Tv/Pool/TNS)

Derek Chauvin tells court he will not testify in his murder trial

By Paul Walsh, Star Tribune, Tribune Content Agency
April 15, 2021
Civil rights attorney Ben Crump arrives with family members of George Floyd at the Hennepin County Government Center as the trial continues for former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin on March 30, 2021, in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Security is heightened in the city in an effort to prevent a repeat of the violence that occurred in Minneapolis and major cities around the world following Floyd's death on May 25, 2020. (Scott Olson/Getty Images/TNS)

Derek Chauvin had ‘heartless’ look as George Floyd pleaded for his life, teen who shot viral video testifies

By Paul Walsh, Chao Xiong and Rochelle Olson, Star Tribune, Tribune Content Agency
March 30, 2021
Portrait by Monica Escamilla

Meet Julia Rendleman, the Daily Egyptian’s interim adviser

By Jamilah Lewis, Staff Reporter
January 28, 2021
Nancy Maxwell, the grassroots director of the So. Illinois Unity Coalition, leads the way during the Vienna Rally for Racial Justice. The rally was met with a number of counter-protesters and onlookers. The event took place because of the recent Vienna high school Snapchat group called, "We hate Black people". The rally took place on Sunday, Sept. 27, 2020 in city park in Vienna, IL.

If not us then who?-Activists fight against police brutality

By Oreoluwa Ojewuyi, Staff Reporter
November 13, 2020
Protesters of the grand jury's decision in the death of Breonna Taylor carry a sign in her memory during a march through Louisville, Ky. on Sept. 25.

‘She looks just like me:’ Black women are at the forefront of protest efforts, activism in Louisville

By Kallie Cox, Editor-in-Chief
September 28, 2020

‘All lives can’t matter until Black lives do:’ Racist incident at Vienna high school leads to protest

By Keaton Yates, Jamilah Lewis, and George Wiebe
September 27, 2020
Protesters lock arms as they make their way down the final stretch to the capitol building Saturday, Jun. 6, 2020, in downtown Springfield, Ill.

Gallery: Springfield’s March for Justice draws hundreds and ends with protesters dancing

By Jared Treece, Photographer
June 8, 2020
Brittany Scott, 30, rallying for the Black Lives Matter movement at the Peace and Justice monthly vigil held by the Peace Coalition of Southern Illinois, Saturday, June 6, 2020, Carbondale, ILL.

‘Seek Equity and Justice’- Southern Illinois Peace Coalition holds protest against racism and militarized policing

By Brooke Buerck, Sports Reporter
June 6, 2020
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