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What to See at Duke This Week -- King Anniversary, Nikki Haley and Full Frame

What to see at Duke -- full frame, MLK anniversary, Nikki Haley

4 The assassination of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. was a momentous moment both for the country and for Duke University. There will be several events marking the 50th anniversary of the Silent Vigil – the student protest that followed the assassination – the following week. But first, Duke faculty and others will mark the King anniversary with a ceremony featuring Mickey Micheaux, a veteran Durham activist and current NC state representative. William Chafe, Ben Reese, and Silent Vigil alumnus Margaret Small will be among others making remarks. 5:15 Goodson Chapel, Divinity School.

 

4 The Department of English is putting an acclaimed novelist and a prominent literary critic together in one room, so it ought to be fun. Claire Messud, whose most recent novel is “The Woman Upstairs” and long-time New Yorker critic James Wood will speak as part of the department’s new series “Write Now!” The public event is free. Noon. Ahmadieh Family Lecture Hall, Bay 4, C105 Smith Warehouse.

 

4 One of the activists who made the 2017 Women’s March on Washington a success is coming to Duke to talk about the next steps. Carmen Perez, co-founder of the march and executive director of the Gathering for Justice, will speak as part of Duke NAACP's Spring Engagement’s event.  Perez is an authority on issues in the juvenile and criminal justice system and prison reform. 7 p.m. Duke Chapel

 

5 Through all the changes in President Donald Trump’s cabinet, one consistent player has been Nikki Haley, the former governor of South Carolina and current ambassador to the United Nations.  A member of the Trump cabinet and National Security Council, Haley will join Professor Peter Feaver in conversation about the number of growing international challenges facing the country. The event is now sold out, but there will be a livestream of the event here.

 

5-8 For four days, the documentary film world looks toward Durham. The festival, a program of the Center for Documentary Studies, has helped spur a boom in documentary film over the past two decades and attracts noted films and leading filmmakers from around the world. Opening night includes an acclaimed film “RBG,” about life and career of Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg. Films are shown in a variety of sites in downtown Durham. The film schedule can be found here.