Northwestern University Flying Black Lives Matter Flag

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The Black Lives Matter flag will fly for two weeks at Northwestern University while the school hosts student-organized programming on black lives in the United States.

Campus Reform reports programming will include talks and open forums held by various student groups, a screening of the movie 13th—a documentary that explores racial inequality in the U.S. prison system—and a candlelight vigil for black people killed by police officers.

One of the student organizers said she was inspired by the University of Vermont’s decision to fly the BLM flag.

An executive director at Northwestern called the programming “fantastic.”

Corrie O'Connor