Saturday, October 31




SCOPE veterans recount experiences of Civil Rights Movement

Upon hearing Martin Luther King Jr.’s speech at UCLA, Neil Reichline knew he wanted to spend his summer in the South to help black people register to vote. Read more...

Photo: Hundreds of students, including 18 from UCLA, traveled to Macon, Ga., in the summer of 1965. (Daily Bruin file photo)




UCLA scholars comment on state of present-day civil rights activism

Martin Luther King Jr. spoke of the need for students to get more involved in the Civil Rights Movement. But 50 years later, some UCLA scholars say they think students are straying further from King’s call. Read more...

Photo: Martin Luther King Jr.’s speech at UCLA on April 27, 1965 is commemorated with a plaque at the bottom of Janss Steps. (Mary Kate Turner/Daily Bruin)