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The State Hornet

The student news site of Sacramento State University

The State Hornet

Civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. delivered a speech about racial inequality in front of approximately
7,000 students at Sacramento State College, now named Sacramento State, on Oct. 16, 1967.

Student athletes remember MLK, speak on peaceful protests in NFL

Angel Guerrero October 11, 2017

(Go to StateHornet.com/MLK50CSUS for more related stories) Nearly 50 years ago, civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. didn’t just speak at Sacramento State — he urged approximately 7,000 students...

MLK at Sac State: 50 years later

MLK at Sac State: 50 years later

Ashley Nanfria October 11, 2017

(Go to StateHornet.com/MLK50CSUS for more related stories) On Oct. 16, 1967, more than 7,000 people gathered on the grass field at Sacramento State’s Hornet Stadium and watched as civil rights leader...

Campus to celebrate 50th anniversary of MLK’s visit

Campus to celebrate 50th anniversary of MLK’s visit

October 11, 2017

(Go to StateHornet.com/MLK50CSUS for more related stories) On Oct. 16, 1967, Martin Luther King Jr. arrived at Sacramento State to speak about the future of the civil rights movement in front of a crowd...

#SacStateSays: What civil rights progress still needs to be made?

#SacStateSays: What civil rights progress still needs to be made?

Garrett Belme October 11, 2017

(Go to StateHornet.com/MLK50CSUS for more related stories) “We still have a long, long way to go before the problem of racial justice is solved in our nation,” said Martin Luther King Jr....

President Donald Trump’s cabinet is emblematic of his disregard for minorities and women in America and is representative of the issue at large: The idea that white men matter more.

EDITORIAL: 50 years later, it’s still a white man’s world

State Hornet October 11, 2017

(Go to StateHornet.com/MLK50CSUS for more related stories) America is too far removed from its most shameful, racist and sexist days to still be almost unilaterally run by, on average, white men. Almost...

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