Dr. David Childs Archives

National Underground Railroad Freedom Center to host screening of NKU film on rise of abolitionism Feb. 16

February 11, 2025February 10, 20252

The National Underground Railroad Freedom Center will host a screening of a film created by three Northern Kentucky University faculty….

September 18, 2024September 17, 20240

Northern Kentucky University is partnering with National Geographic to host an African American Geography and History centered symposium for high…

January 16, 2024January 16, 20240

Newport Independent Schools will host two distinguished guests today as part of its Culturally Responsive Teaching & Learning program encouraging…

January 15, 2024January 14, 20240

By David Childs, PhD Special to NKyTribune “I have the audacity to believe that people everywhere can have three meals…

November 27, 2023November 26, 20230

Another election cycle has come and gone and the U.S. has witnessed peaceful transitions of power all over the nation…

October 16, 2023October 15, 20230

By David Childs Northern Kentucky University In expressing his stance against slavery, Kentuckian Abraham Lincoln stated, “the world has never…

October 12, 2023October 11, 20231

A research study conducted by Dr. David Childs, director of the Black History Program at NKU, as well as additional…

June 17, 2023June 16, 20231

The author George Orwell, who wrote the insightful and prophetic book 1984, stated that “the most effective way to destroy…

January 16, 2022January 15, 20220

Staff report Most government offices, banks, the Post Office, and schools are closed tomorrow for Martin Luther King Day, a…