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Northern Star

The Student News Site of Northern Illinois University

Northern Star

The Student News Site of Northern Illinois University

Northern Star

Columnist questions Black History Month’s value

By Taurean Small | February 14, 2012

"You're going to relegate my history to a month?" asked Academy Award winning actor Morgan Freeman in a 2008 interview for CBS's 60 Minutes when asked his opinion about Black History Month. Four years later, entertainer Whoopi Goldberg briefly groans...

Helping Hands to host Black History Month events

By Olivia Willoughby | February 7, 2012

A new student association, Helping Hands Community Service Organization, plans to follow the mission of spreading diversity on campus, said Helping Hands President Latasha Bennett.Bennett created the organization two years ago to begin her path to having...

Promoting diversity: NIU holds closing ceremony for Black History Month

By Jacqueline Evans | February 28, 2011

NIU closed Black History Month Monday night in the Duke Ellington Ballroom. The event, titled "Black Pride Renewed, Refreshed, Redefined" was sponsored by the Center for Black Studies and Campus Activities Board. The program featured performances from...

Black History Month calendar

By Takia Simpson | February 7, 2011

DeKALB | February is Black History Month. NIU is hosting several events and attractions to celebrate the history and culture of African Americans. All students are welcome to join the festivities that the campus organizations have created.WHAT: Century...

Black History Month is a time for unity, not divisive discourse

By Letter writer | February 7, 2011

February is Black History Month, so it is fitting to read a letter to the editor regarding the newly appointed president pro tempore of the Senate and a letter she wrote herself many years ago regarding racial tension in her dorm. In her letter, she asked...

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