Ostergaard was the 2018-2019 assistant News editor of Features and Student Life. She was previously a News contributor. Ostergaard is a second-year Cognitive Science student at UCLA.

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Brenda Stevenson, a history professor at UCLA, spoke about encountering racial discrimination in the segregated South during her childhood at an event commemorating the 50th anniversary of Martin Luther King Jr.’s assassination. (Quanzhao &quot;Ari&quot; He/Daily Bruin)

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Brenda Stevenson recounted facing racial discrimination in the segregated South during her childhood at a UCLA event commemorating the 50th anniversary of Martin Luther King Jr.’s assassination Wednesday.

https://dailybruin.com/2018/04/05/campus-event-celebrates-aims-to-inspire-people-to-continue-mlks-legacy/

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IN THE NEWS:

Campus event celebrates, aims to inspire people to continue MLK’s legacy

By Maddie Ostergaard

April 5, 2018 5:55 p.m.