The National Underground Railroad Freedom Center will host a screening of a documentary on abolitionism created by three Northern Kentucky University faculty. NKU Black Studies Professor David Childs, Teaching Professor John Gibson and Associate Professor Brian Hackett collaborated with NorseMedia, NKU’s student-staffed audio and video production house, to create “Underground: Freedom Stories Along the Borderland,” […]
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Research by NKU professor, grad students to be presented at Smithsonian
The Director of the Black History Program at NKU, David Childs, other professors, and graduate students will present a research study at a conference at the Smithsonian Institute in Washington, D.C., on Oct. 18. The paper “Jordan River I’m Bound to Cross: Researching Slavery and Religion in Northern Kentucky and Ohio” explores the role the […]
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‘It takes a village’: How schools are removing barriers so kids can learn
David Childs experienced homelessness as a young adult. He remembers always being hungry. “Many times my brothers and sisters and I went to school hungry,” he said. “Honestly, what we liked most about school was lunch.” Childs said his entire childhood revolved around getting something to eat. “I’ve always been good at school,” Childs said. […]