Reverend Billy Graham joined “Meet the Press” on June 9, 1957 to discuss evangelicalism and the future of the religious movement. Graham said on the broadcast that “hardly any night goes by” without preaching desegregation in the South. Graham hosted annual “crusades” in New York City and was close to Presidents Eisenhower, Johnson and Nixon.
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SIU Edwardsville has continued Homecoming festivities by welcoming alumni and friends back to campus. This year’s Homecoming festivities celebrated the University’s achievement of receiving the INSIGHT Into Diversity’s Higher Education Excellence in Diversity Award for nine consecutive years. With this award, SIUE has been recognized as a top college or university in the U.S. that has made a significant effort to foster diversity. And with this latest achievement, SIU Edwardsville is already starting to kick off the 2022 Homecoming.
