Bridget Cooke, Staff writer
January 31, 2013
African American history will be honored throughout the semester, highlighted in presentations, panels and receptions throughout February and ending in an exhibit dedicated to the Civil Rights Movement in the month of April. Associate Professor of History Selika Ducksworth-Lawton said the events will... Read more »
Nick Erickson, Staff Writer
January 24, 2013
Every third Monday in January, America designates the day to honor Martin Luther King Jr. This winter break, over 90 UW-Eau Claire students and faculty members designated ten days to celebrate his life and learn about the topic of civil rights on the tenth Civil Rights Pilgrimage. Virgil Ward, a senior... Read more »
Bridget Cooke, Staff Writer
January 23, 2013
In honor of the Martin Luther King Jr. Day of Service, over 70 members of the Eau Claire community — university students and adults — joined together at The Community Table on Monday in preparation for volunteering within the city. The remembrance day of service is a part of President Obama’s initiative... Read more »
Tyler Hart
January 27, 2012
Reading about history in books serves a great purpose, but it is rare for students to get the opportunity to meet those who played roles in the events they have read about. Students at UW-Eau Claire will have that chance Thursday, Jan. 26. Joanne Bland, a civil rights activist from Alabama, will be giving... Read more »
Eric Larson
November 11, 2010
On April 4, 1968, shots rang out across the Lorraine Motel parking lot in Memphis, Tenn., as Martin Luther King, Jr., one of the prominent leaders of the civil rights movement, was shot and killed on the balcony outside his room. Although historically viewed by some as the end of the civil rights movement,... Read more »
Abby Harvey
March 25, 2010
As long as there has been inequality, there have been social movements aimed at ending it. These movements have varied in form from the violent overthrowing of governments to the peaceful protests of the Civil Rights Movement in the 1960s. As a society, we have again found ourselves at a moment of time... Read more »
