Martin Luther King Jr. Archives

Opinion | Social media ruined Martin Luther King Jr. Day

By Ebonee Rice, Staff Columnist • January 28, 2022

Social media has allowed activism to become purely performative, especially during MLK Day.

Black student organizations celebrate 50 years of pride, progress

By Neena Hagen, Staff Writer • January 16, 2019

During the height of the Civil Rights movement, in 1969, 40 members from Pitt’s newly minted Black Action Society shut themselves inside a Cathedral of Learning computer lab for seven hours to protest racial injustices on campus.

Editorial: Post-Gazette editorial not representative of newspaper or city

By The Pitt News Editorial Board • January 17, 2018

If the Pittsburgh Post-Gazettes’ Monday editorial “Reason as racism” put a bad taste in your mouth, you’re not alone. The editorial defended President Donald Trump’s inflammatory statement...

Students serve, remember on MLK Jr. day

By Luke Stambaugh and Kenan Meral | The Pitt News Staff • January 16, 2018

A group of students from Pitt’s Litchfield Tower B offered a warm respite from the bitter cold as they served soups and sandwiches to hungry Homewood residents who visited the Bethesda Presbyterian Church...