Ciara Benham Staff Writer cbenham@murraystate.edu In March, freshman Azzie Cunningham marched with more than 40 members of Congress for the Congressional Civil Rights Pilgrimage. Cunningham joined civil rights activists including the now late Rep. John Lewis, Ruby Bridges and Brian Stevenson, lawyer and renowned author of the book “Just Mercy,” in Alabama for the event. Read More
By Gisselle Hernandez, Features Editor Murray State’s women’s empowerment group Eloquent Commitment to Helping Our Sisters hosted their first Open Mic Night to cap Black History month last week in the Curris Center Dance Lounge. Chynna Ross, member of ECHOS, described the group’s mission as “breaking the cycle that women cannot work together.” The sisters Read More
By Sydni Anderson, Staff writer Despite being hosted in a Murray State dining facility, African-American Night was less about food and more about diversity and culture. Students and faculty gathered to speak about African-American history on at Winslow Dining Hall on Feb. 22. Jazz music played in the intervals between speakers, and laughter could be Read More
February has been Black History Month since 1976 when Gerald R. Ford asked Americans to seize the opportunity to honor black history. The switch took place in the bicentennial year of the U.S., exactly 50 years after Carter G. Woodson, a Harvard graduate and a historian, created the first Negro History Week in February of Read More