Derrick Smith, an academic counselor in the Center for Black Studies at Northern Illinois University and father of four, talks Tuesday, June 13, 2023, at the center, about what fatherhood has meant to him, how his own father helped change his life and how he feels like a father to the many students he mentors on campus at NIU. (Mark Busch - mbusch@shawmedia.com)
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