THE UTD MERCURY

Tag: civil rights

  • Honoring civil rights activists

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    Correction: This article has been updated since its original publication to reflect that Residential Life funded the event. The Residence Hall Southwest staff created an event to teach students about civil rights activists. Rights at the Museum is an event created by the peer advisors at RHSW and hosted in the Residence Hall West lobby.…

  • Journalist talks race in mass media

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    Touré, a journalist and host of  “The Cycle” on MSNBC, came to campus on April 1 to discuss the media’s role in the ongoing battle for civil rights. Touré is the author of “Who’s Afraid of Post-Blackness?: What It Means to be Black Now” and “I Would Die 4 U: Why Prince Became an Icon.”…