The Lion's Roar

OPINION | The whitewashing of MLK’s legacy

Kennith Woods, Staff Reporter • February 7, 2023

The beginning of the year rejuvenates interest in Reverend Martin Luther King Jr., as Jan. 16 marked MLK Day and February is Black History Month, a time in which his achievements as America’s foremost...

Alpha Phi Alpha and MISA remember MLK through march and program

Dasyonne Brashear, Yearbook-Editor-in-Chief • January 24, 2023

On Jan. 23, the Kappa Nu chapter of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc. and MISA partnered to host their annual Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial March and program. Many students and staff marched alongside...

Fraternity hosts march of remembrance for Martin Luther King Jr.

Symiah Dorsey, Staff Reporter • January 28, 2020

To highlight the legacy of a leader in the civil rights movement, fraternity brothers gathered to lead an annual memorial march. The Kappa Nu chapter of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc. collaborated...

Peace, civility and amnesia

Zachary Araki, Assistant Editor • February 19, 2019

Everyone loves a rebel, so long as it is convenient that is. As we celebrate Black History Month and remember Martin Luther King Jr. and civil disobedience, it appears many people forget how the movement...

In remembrance of the king

Jacob Summerville, Staff Reporter • January 30, 2019

"United we stand, divided we fall." These words echoed among the Pennington Student Activity Center, the pedestrian underpass and the University Center as the memorial program for Dr. Martin Luther...