When George Floyd, Breonna Taylor and Ahmaud Arbery were killed this summer, thousands of people across the country rose up and took to the streets in protest. Out of that chaos and hope emerged a new urgency in the fight for racial justice in America. And out of that urgency emerged an exciting new initiative here at IU: Black Voices at the Indiana Daily Student.

Black Voices' founding editor Jaclyn Ferguson sat down with Elaine Monaghan and Violet Baron to share her experience starting something totally new and growing it into a vibrant and much-needed space for art, poetry, opinions and reporting on the Black student experience at IU