Archive for October 2025

On April 8, 1968, four days after the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr., 70 Black Student Union (BSU) members went on stage during a panel, took the mic, and read off a list of 10 demands which included better treatment of Black Stanford students, Black Stanford faculty, and residents of East Palo Alto. This…

Reflections by Alexis Jones “Long day?”  These are the words that greeted me when I walked into the Tressider Oak lounge and fell into my seat, exhaling with such audible force that it elicited a response of humorous inquiry from the fellow attendee beside me. “Yes,” I laughed, feeling slightly embarrassed that my exhaustion was…