Eastern Illinois University staff and students had several opportunities to celebrate and honor Martin Luther King Jr.’s legacy because of the office of belonging, access and engagement’s planning...
If you reduce your consideration of Black history and the legacy of Martin Luther King Jr. to just February, you miss the celebration’s point entirely.
Early versions of Black History Month, first...
The Martin Luther King Jr. University Union hosted a presentation and blanket making event in the University Union Ballroom to learn about the history of the Civil Rights Movement while giving back to...
Members of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity Inc., hosted a Martin Luther King Jr. vigil and ceremony. The event started at 5 p.m. at Thomas Hall.
Members of the Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity Inc., put sign boards...
Luke Taylor, Multimedia News Editor
• January 18, 2022
“The narrative that I’m positing about Dr. King is that he did not dream,” Dr. Nathan A. Stephens told his audience Monday night. “He fantasized.”
Stephens was the keynote speaker for...
Students will have the opportunity to give back to the community during the Martin Luther King Jr. Day of Service on Monday.
The MLK Jr. Day of Service is a set of service projects that Eastern hosts...
There will be no classes at Eastern on Monday in honor of Martin Luther King Jr. Day. In addition, The Daily Eastern News will not print on Monday. It will return to its regular publication schedule on...
April 4th, 1968, 48 years ago: the day a hero was killed because of what he stood up for, because he said something that challenged the status quo.
Martin Luther King Jr., one of the leaders of the...
Kennedy Nolen, Muticultural Reporter
• January 17, 2017
Nearly 200 students spent their day off from classes volunteering their time Monday during the Martin Luther King Jr. Day of Service.
Crystal Brown, assistant director of the Office of Civic...
Loren Dickson, Contributing Writer
• January 17, 2017
An array of voices joined together to sing, pray and discuss the legacy of Martin Luther King Jr. at a vigil Monday.
Faculty members, students and community members walked from Thomas to the Grand Ballroom,...
The Office of Civic Engagement and Volunteerism and the Douglas Hart Nature Center will offer service projects that echo Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s legacy and help members in the community.
“Dr....
Kennedy Nolen, multicultural Reporter
• January 12, 2017
The 30th annual Martin Luther King Jr. Day candlelight vigil march and tribute will begin at 5:30 p.m. Monday, Jan. 16, at the Thomas Hall lobby.
The march will begin at Thomas Hall and lead...
