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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
15-year-old Marion track athlete Amari Tucker, is comforted by her brother Malik when seeing the size of the protest at Marion High School on Monday, April 26, 2021. Tucker was asked to turn in her uniform by her coach, Sara Baker, after complaining that Baker allegedly called her a “Black barefooted African from the third world” in front of her teammates.

Marion community protests racist incident at high school

By Keaton Yates, Staff Reporter
April 26, 2021
Party School Era: SIU’s History of Parties and Riots

Party School Era: SIU’s History of Parties and Riots

By Elena Schauwecker, Staff Reporter
April 22, 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
WASHINGTON, DC - JANUARY 06: Police try to hold back protesters who gather to storm the Capitol and halt a joint session of the 117th Congress on Wednesday, Jan. 6, 2021, in Washington, D.C. (Kent Nishimura/Los Angeles Times/Tribune News Service)

SIU students and staff react to the events that occurred at the Capitol

By Courtney Alexander, Staff Reporter
January 19, 2021
Congressman Mike Bost addresses the crowd with President Donald J. Trump, during the Murphysboro campaign rally, Saturday, Oct. 27, 2018, at the Southern Illinois Airport. (Isabel Miller | @IsabelMillerDE)

Bost continues to defend Trump, refuses interview about link between challenging election results and Jan. 6 insurrection

By Kallie Cox, Editor-in-Chief
January 18, 2021
President Donald J. Trump shakes hands with Congressman Mike Bost during the Murphysboro campaign rally, Saturday, Oct. 27, 2018, at the Southern Illinois Airport. (Isabel Miller | @IsabelMillerDE)

Bost stands by Trump, opposes election results and impeachment

By Kallie Cox, Editor-in-Chief
January 14, 2021
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Turbulence through time: 50 years separate canceled commencements

By Rana Schenke, Editor
November 25, 2020
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
Protestors march down a street in Carbondale, Ill. chanting “Black Lives Matter” in a counter-protest to the passing Trump supporters Saturday, Oct. 17, 2020, in Carbondale, Ill.

Gallery: Trump train faces counter-protest in Carbondale

By Emma Deeter, Staff Photographer
October 18, 2020
Emerald Avril rallies the protesters on September 25, 2020, in Carbondale, ILL.

Opinion: ‘The Most Disrespected Person in America is the Black Woman’

By Oreoluwa Ojewuyi, Staff Reporter
October 2, 2020
Kara Rexx, a volunteer medic, checks the finger of protester at Jefferson Square Park in Louisville, Ky. on Sept. 25. "The kinds of injuries depends. There's a lot of injuries from riot munitions, heat exhaustion, and the occasional sprained ankle," Rexx said.

Behind the scenes on the frontline: Support team keeps protesters in the streets

By Kallie Cox, Editor-in-Chief
October 1, 2020
Protests erupt after grand jury does not charge Louisville officers in killing of Breonna Taylor

Protests erupt after grand jury does not charge Louisville officers in killing of Breonna Taylor

By Kate Linthicum, Los Angeles Times
September 24, 2020
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