African and African American Studies

Diversity Visa Lottery Doesn't Make Us Less Safe, But Ending It Might

November 30, 2017

Charles Piot: Diversity Visa Lottery Doesn't Make Us Less Safe, But Ending It Might

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August 18, 2017

New Duke Center to Address Racial Healing and Transformation

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Aya Shabu and Dasha Chapman perform a narrative dance of Durham's history.

July 31, 2017

Dancing the Story of Hayti, Haiti, and Durham

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Summer of 1974 hits

July 5, 2017

Mark Anthony Neal on the Summer Songs of 1974 That Changed Popular Music

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Charles Piot discusses ethical development

June 21, 2017

Charles Piot: What is ‘Ethical Development’ in Today’s Globalized World?

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Henry Washington: Duke has shifted my perception of "possibility." If you can dream it here, there are structures and resources to help it materialize.

May 8, 2017

Henry Washington: On 'Constructing the New Black Man'

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N-Word At Fenway Shows Baseball Has Far To Go

May 5, 2017

Mark Anthony Neal: N-Word At Fenway Shows Baseball Has Far To Go

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Mark Anthony Neal uses a variety of channels to promote public discussion of neglected issues of race and class.

May 2, 2017

Inaugural Trinity Distinguished Lecture to Feature Mark Anthony Neal

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Tommy DeFrantz

April 26, 2017

DeFrantz Honored for Dance Scholarship

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Jackie Robinson's Lasting Legacy

April 12, 2017

Mark Anthony Neal: Jackie Robinson's Lasting Legacy

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African American troops arrive in an ambulance at the American Red Cross military hospital in Auteuil, France. Courtesy of the Library of Congress.

April 6, 2017

WWI Centennial: After African-Americans Fought Abroad, They Returned to Fight for Democracy at Home

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William Darity discusses the lasting legacy of the Reconstruction Amendments during a Cook Center conference last week. Photo by Chris Hildreth/Duke Photography

March 22, 2017

At DC Landmark Museums, Cook Center Holds Conference on the Legacy of the Reconstruction Amendments

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Douthit, a founding member of North Carolina’s Little Brother, on hip-hop standards

March 17, 2017

A Class Converses on Citation, Collaboration and Teaching a History of Hip-Hop

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James Meredith walks to class at the University of Mississippi in 1962, accompanied by U.S. Marshal James McShane (left) and John Doar of the Justice Department. Photo by Marion S. Trikosko, U.S. News & World Report, via Wikimedia Commons.

March 9, 2017

University Course Examines Race, History and Higher Education in the South

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Hidden Figures cast

February 5, 2017

Conversation to Explore the State of Black Hollywood, Thursday

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Retirement celebration for Karla Holloway held in Penn Pavilion on Thursday, December 8, 2016.

January 30, 2017

Karla FC Holloway Retires from Duke University with a Public Conversation on Race and the Academy

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