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NKU Director of Training and Development for Human Resources, Dr. Marquita Barron.

The meaning of Black History Month, identity and community, according to NKU’s students and staff

Mildred Nguyen, News Editor February 24, 2022

Two African American students and a staff member share what Black History Month means for them, how their identity shapes their worldview and interaction with others, and what they are doing to support...

Dance major Lavette Patterson has practiced ballet since she was 3 years old.

A dancer’s perspective on race in ballet

Josh Kelly, Arts & Life Editor February 6, 2019

NKU dance major Lavette Patterson found herself playing the role of Margaret Garner, a slave that lived on a Boone County plantation in the mid-1800s, last semester during Dr. Joan Ferrante’s documentary...

Viewers watch as Kearston Hawkins-Johnson performs There is no father by Madison Pullins in the documentary. This poem represents a breaking point for Margaret Garner.

Documentary examines race in America then and now

Josh Kelly, Arts & Life Editor October 30, 2018
A slave escapes from Northern Kentucky across the Ohio River. After being caught by U.S. Marshals, she kills her children, for she knows death is the only thing better than going back into a world where they must endure racial categories.
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