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Georgetown students gathered at the university’s front gates before marching to the White House to address the unarmed black victims of police aggression in America.

Students March for Black Victims of Police Brutality

By Adam Shlomi October 14, 2016

About 35 Georgetown undergraduate and graduate students marched from the university’s front gates to the White House on Oct. 10 to raise awareness for unarmed black victims of police brutality in...

SCHENK: Unity Needed Against Injustice

SCHENK: Unity Needed Against Injustice

By Sinead Schenk September 27, 2016

In the past weeks, months and years, there has been a shocking number of reports about young black men killed by police officers. There have been two separate incidents this past week, first in Tulsa,...

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Students and faculty gathered in Red Square on Friday to rally against the police brutality that led to the shootings of Terrence Crutcher and Keith Lamont Scott, ending by joining arms to sing "We Shall Overcome."

Students Protest Police Violence

By Tara Subramaniam September 27, 2016

Around 50 students and faculty demonstrated in solidarity with victims of police brutality in light of the recent police shootings of two black men in Tulsa, Okla., and Charlotte, N.C., in a student-organized...

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A group of more than 1,000 people, including more than 25 Georgetown students, marched from the White House to Capitol Hill and back last night to protest against police brutality.

Students Join More Than 1,000 in March Against Police Brutality

By Katherine Richardson and Ian Scoville July 8, 2016

A group of more than 1,000 people, including around 25 Georgetown students, marched from the White House to Capitol Hill and back last night to protest police brutality after two fatal, police-involved...

Black Lives Matter Activists Reflect on Activism, Origins

By Jesse Jacobs April 15, 2016

Leaders from the Black Lives Matter movement, including Baltimore mayoral candidate DeRay Mckesson, encouraged students to engage in issues of racial injustice in a panel in Copley Formal Lounge hosted...

SOBOWALE: It Is Time To Get 'In-Formation'

SOBOWALE: It Is Time To Get ‘In-Formation’

By Femi Sobowale April 12, 2016

This week the lovely Beyoncé Knowles, the queen of pop and, arguably, everything else, appeared on the cover of the May 2016 issue of Elle magazine. Her latest album is still nowhere to be found, but...

Stand for Argus, Free Press

By The Editorial Board September 25, 2015

Students and faculty members at Wesleyan University in Connecticut are calling for a boycott of campus newspaper The Wesleyan Argus after a staff writer published an op-ed critical of the Black Lives Matter...

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More than 60 students participated Sunday in the first round of the Well Talks, a monthly discussion series hosted by the Protestant Chaplaincy. The first talk focused on the topic of #BlackLivesMatter and race issues specifically pertaining to Georgetown.

Protestant Chaplaincy Launches Discussion Series

By Caroline Welch September 22, 2015

In the first iteration of the Well Talks sponsored by the Protestant Ministry, Georgetown University Brothers for Christ, GU Sisters for Christ and Protestant chaplain Rev. Khristi Adams led a student...

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