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Sil Lai Abrams talks to a goup of students in Oscar Ritchie Hall about domestic violence and inaccurate portrayals of women in reality TV showson March 31, 2015.

Violence in reality: Speaker explains representation of black women in society

McKenzie Jean-Philippe April 1, 2015

In recent months, the phrase “black lives matter” has become a widespread slogan in the movement against police brutality in urban communities. But how many people know that the origin of these groundbreaking...

Civil Rights leader Julian Bond is a chairman emeritus for the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP). Photo courtesy of Kent State University.

KW Exclusive: Julian Bond talks civil rights, black leadership

Bruce Walton January 19, 2015

Julian Bond, civil rights leader and former congressman, who also walked with and was taught by Martin Luther King Jr. during the Civil Rights Movement in the ‘60s, will visit Kent State Thursday, January...

Amanda Paniagua is a graduate art history major. Contact her at azabudsk@kent.edu

Opinion: ‘Selma’ reminds us Black Lives Matter

Amanda Paniagua January 19, 2015

The chronicle surrounding Martin Luther King Jr.’s campaign to secure equal voting rights in the Deep South was released nationwide earlier this month. The film couldn’t have come at a more appropriate...

John Hess is a senior political science major. Contact him at jhess14@kent.edu.

Opinion: Stop Saying All Lives Matter

John Hess January 19, 2015

This December, I returned to Kent from a semester spent in the exotic city of Columbus, Ohio. Having been away for so long and having followed Black United Students’ incredible work following the Darren...