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From the first Black woman to be tenured by Northwestern University to a vastly expanded community of Black women faculty five decades later — their stories are the subject of a new documentary. Hearing Silences: 50 Years of Black Women Faculty at Northwestern will debut to the Northwestern community in the coming days. A 37-minute film, Hearing Silences documents the trials and triumphs of Black women faculty spanning generations, beginning wit…