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The Independent Student Newspaper at Boston University.

The Daily Free Press

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Ibram X. Kendi at South by Southwest Conference in Austin, Texas on March 8. The Center for Antiracist Research will be closing when its university charter expires on June 30. COURTESY OF FUZHEADO VIA WIKIMEDIA COMMONS

‘Behind closed doors’: Ibram X. Kendi departs BU, Center for Antiracist Research to close after 5 years

Nicole Abrams February 7, 2025
Ibram X. Kendi, author, activist and founder of the BU Center for Antiracist Research, is leaving BU after five years, and CAR will close June 30 when its charter with the University expires, according to a Jan. 30 announcement.
natural and protective hair

House passes bill to ban race-based hair discrimination

Bella Ramirez March 25, 2022
The House unanimously passed a bill on March 17 prohibiting discrimination based on natural and protective hairstyles.
Marvelous Cuts’ Facebook page. Marvelous Cuts was one of 105 small Black-owned businesses that attended a virtual meeting Feb. 11 hosted by the Black Economic Council of Massachusetts in conjunction with the Boston Planning and Development Agency to learn about potential investment opportunities. SYDNEY ROTH/DFP STAFF

Boston Planning & Development Agency connects businesses with financial opportunities

Casey Choung February 15, 2022
BPDA partnered with Black Economic Council of Massachusetts ​to connect local businesses with financial opportunities.
boston city hall

Seven years after Walsh veto, Boston’s Black men and boys get a City commission

Phoebe Chen October 1, 2021
Boston’s first-ever Black men and Boys commission was signed into establishment last week.
stop asian protest in nubian square

Activists rally against anti-Asian hate in Nubian Square

Sam Trottenberg March 28, 2021
The event was part of a National Day of Action — similar rallies took place in more than 60 cities.
Martin Luther King Jr. and Coretta Scott King

MLK, Coretta Scott King memorial planned for Boston Common

Olga Benacerraf March 25, 2021
Installation of the abstracted bronze figure is expected to take place in October of 2022.
bu naturally club instagram account

Student organization promotes the beauty of natural hair

Rachel Do March 17, 2021
"BU Naturally," founded in April 2019, is working to promote acceptance and celebration around natural hair through self-love and education in the community
Angela Ao/DFP STAFF

EDITORIAL: Rising anti-Asian hate crimes illuminate broader issue of intersectionality, racism within minority groups

Editors March 16, 2021

Over the past few weeks, the media has latched onto anti-Asian American racism after a surge of anti-Asian hate crimes across the nation. Ever since COVID-19 struck the United States, the rates of these...

demonstrators at a stop asian hate protest in boston common

Activists rally against racists attacks on Asian Americans

Madison Mercado March 15, 2021
The protest joined a growing list of rallies across the country. Spectators and protesters gathered around the Parkman Bandstand painting cardboard signs with messages such as “Stop Asian Hate” and “I am not a virus.”
Boston University Umoja at the 2019 Culture Cookout

Umoja through the years — a home for Black students at BU

Anne Jonas February 18, 2021
Umoja, Boston University’s Black Student Union chapter, was founded in 1967 as an organization and home for Black students on campus. More than 50 years later, Umoja has evolved into what is now an ever-growing umbrella organization that brings together other Black student groups at BU.
Black Money Movement Instagram

BU Black female alumni discuss entrepreneurship in various industries

Ashley Soebroto February 18, 2021
Black female alumnae from Boston University stand as leaders in their post-graduation business endeavors.
Alexia Nizhny/DFP STAFF

Letter from the Editor: Listen to Black voices

Colbi Edmonds February 18, 2021
Listen to every voice in this paper. Listen to every Black person. Listen to our anger and our hurt. Because if you listen, you’ll realize we’ve been repeating the same message for a long time.
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