By Cayson Frerichs MACOMB, Illinois (News3) —A group of WIU student-athletes have created an organization that empowered black student-athletes on campus. The WIU Black Athlete Association has formed following the surge of racial tension across…
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By KENNEDY WILLIAMS, News Reporter MACOMB, Illinois (NEWS3) — In 1968, civil rights leader Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated in Memphis, Tennessee, which led to riots across the United States. It is also…
By KENNEDY WILLIAMS, News Reporter MACOMB, Illinois (NEWS3) — Kamala Harris became the United States’ first female Vice President-elect on Saturday, Nov. 7, and is inspiring women across the country. Some Western Illinois University female…
Local Missouri man chooses to leave familial bigotry behind By DYLAN SMITH & KENNEDY WILLIAMS, News Reporters KAHOKA, Missouri (NEWS3) — The fight against racial injustice has reignited within the past half decade. In 2020,…
By KENNEDY WILLIAMS, News Reporter MACOMB, Illinois (NEWS 3) — Local leaders continue to discuss ways to bring change to racial issues in society. McDonough County NAACP President Byron Oden-Shabazz said current movements surrounding racism…