Month: August 2023

New Website Launch for Historic Exhibition Celebrating the Trailblazing Journey of Zella Powell, the First African-American woman to Graduate from Eastern Illinois University in 1910...

Zella with scrapbook, John Powell in barbershop, Stephanie Wright Griggs Documents: Map of Mattoon

Editor’s note: Some language in this article may be disturbing to some readers. This is the first part of a series detailing the life and...

Zella

We at The Daily Eastern News believe that students at Eastern deserve to have Douglas Hall renamed and renamed after someone truly tied to the...

Grandma and her students in Mattoon

Editor’s note: This is the second part of a series detailing the life and legacy of the Powell family of Mattoon, Illinois, as well as...

Grandma and my mother as a toddler

Grandma and my mother as a toddler Editor’s note: This is the third part of a series detailing the life and legacy of the Powell...

Naming Committee to review potential Douglas Hall name

Eastern’s Naming Committee will meet at noon Wednesday to discuss potential new names for Douglas Hall. In the committee’s last meeting, members had received a list...

University Newsletter Zella Powell and Ona Norton are featured in exhibit at Booth Library Eastern Illinois University A new exhibit at Booth Library features Zella Powell...

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