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Minnesota Now with Nina Moini
Cathy Wurzer and Simone Cazares

Black St. Olaf College students organize Marlys Boone House

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Black students are creating a new space to be together and create community on their St. Olaf College campus. (Northfielder via Flickr)
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Mannie Bioh and Mariam Prater are Black students who wanted to find a safe space to be themselves and take a break from the mainstream white culture in Northfield, Minn. So they are building that community themselves on the St. Olaf College campus.

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