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Former student shares story of royal ancestry'Prince-turned-slave' narrative inspires film
Artemus Gaye knew he descended from slaves, but it took a civil war in his native Liberia, eight trips to Mississippi and years of research to discover he is also descended from royalty.
Gaye, an employee at Kellogg's Allen Center and a former Northwestern student, traced back his ancestry and found that he is the seventh-generation descendant of Abduhl Rahahman, a West African prince-turned-slave who is the subject of a recent documentary film.…
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Interfaith services highlight similarities of different religionsStudents compare Islamic, Jewish prayer services
As Challah bread traveled around the Shabbat table Friday evening at the Fiedler Hillel Center, Weinberg juniors Mohammad Ahmad and Jason Gutstein sat side by side to celebrate the Jewish tradition of the Sabbath.
Looking past the violence and disputes of a war-torn Middle East, Ahmad, of Islamic faith, and Gutstein, of Jewish faith, gathered with about 70 other students to meet over a kosher meal as a part of the interfaith day planned by Peace of Mind, Northwestern's Muslim-Jewish dialogue group.…
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Daily takes 1st overall; individual stories win, place at Illinois awards
The Daily Northwestern won first place for general excellence among Illinois daily college newspapers, as well as 10 other awards at the Illinois College Press Association conference Friday and Saturday.
The annual awards honor work in a variety of categories for the state's college newspapers.…
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NU hosts 'difficult dialogue' about slavery's impact
Universities need to combat historical misinformation on civil rights to understand how slavery continues to impact today's world, said panelists participating in a forum Friday called "Reparations, Redress and Restorative Justice."
"The South won an ideological victory (after the Civil War)," said panelist Roy Brooks, professor at the University of San Diego School of Law.…
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