Photos: WKU Forensics hosts 2025 Black Excellence Showcase

Jacob Sebastian, Staff Photographer

February 26, 2025

Forensics team member Aquilla Dunn performs a play about the death of Martin Luther King Jr. for the Black Excellence celebration at the Fine Arts Center on Wednesday, Feb. 26, 2025. (Jacob Sebastian)

Senior Forensics member Cecilia Alali introduces presenter Jaleon Brown at the Black Excellence event at the Fine Arts Center on Wednesday, Feb. 26, 2025. (Jacob Sebastian)

Forensics member Fadé Akinbayo, left, gifts then revokes Jonah Johnson’s “black card” during her presentation about policing and exploiting blackness during the Black Excellence event at the Fine Arts Center on Wednesday, Feb. 26, 2025. (Jacob Sebastian)

Forensics member Jaleon Brown gives statistics on black womens’ pregnancy and abortion rates, and their corresponding mortality rates and fears compared to other races in the United States for the Black Excellence event at the Fine Arts Center on Wednesday, Feb. 26, 2025. (Jacob Sebastian)

From left: Senior Danielle Williams, Senior Cecilia Alali, and Sophomore Jade Ismail give a preamble for the WKU Forensics Black Excellence event at the Fine Arts Center on Wednesday, Feb. 26, 2025. (Jacob Sebastian)

Forensics team member Aquilla Dunn performs a play about the death of Martin Luther King Jr. for the Black Excellence celebration at the Fine Arts Center on Wednesday, Feb. 26, 2025. (Jacob Sebastian)

About the Contributor

Jacob Sebastian

Jacob Sebastian, Staff Photographer

Jacob Sebastian is a photographer for the Herald. Sebastian is a sophomore double majoring in Photojournalism and Environmental, Sustainability, and Geographic Studies. Originally from Cub Run, Kentucky, this is his first year on Herald staff.