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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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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, Minnesota.  So they are building that community themselves on the St. Olaf College campus.

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, Minnesota.  So they are building that space themselves on the St. Olaf College campus.

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