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At Cornell, Activist Bree Newsome Reflects on King’s Ascent — and Her Own 2015 Climb

By Amina Kilpatrick | February 11, 2019

The civil rights activist gave an invigorating lecture on the legacy of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and on her own motivation for scaling a 30-foot flagpole in front of the South Carolina statehouse in 2015 to remove a Confederate flag.

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Activist Bree Newsome to Commemorate Martin Luther King Jr. at Cornell

By Anu Subramaniam | January 28, 2019

Activist, artist and community organizer Bree Newsome — best known for removing the Confederate Flag from the South Carolina Statehouse — will come to Cornell on Feb. 11 to discuss her efforts. Newsome’s talk is part of a larger annual commemorative event that focuses on “the service, activism and legacy of Dr. King,” according to the event page.

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From a crowded ClubFest and winning hockey games to weekly protests and deserted classrooms — here’s a look back at 2020, in photos.

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A raging pandemic. Climate justice protests. A racial justice movement. A nail-biter election week. This was 2020.

Here is a glimpse — beyond Instagram stories and Zoom backgrounds — of what the year actually looked like for Cornellians.

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The year ticked by in numbers — so The Sun tallied them. The 22 emails from President Martha Pollack. The 351 coronavirus cases on campus this fall. Here’s 2020 in the numbers that defined it.
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