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2021 Cook Society Award Winners (top row: Ajenai Clemmons, Nolan Smith, De'Ja Wood, Michael Paul Cary Jr., Richard J. Powell, Thomas J. "Tom" Bonfield, Charles L. Becton)
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Cook Society Honors Service of Duke and Local Community Members
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Each year, the Samuel DuBois Cook Society honors Duke staff, students, faculty, and local community members for their community leadership and activism. This year's virtual awards ceremony will be on Tuesday, February 23rd at 6:00 PM.
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Hank Aaron's Connection to Duke
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Baseball Legend Hank Aaron left a lasting legacy for the education of young people at Duke, including supporting the Samuel DuBois Cook Center's Young Scholars Summer Research Institute.
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History Professors Discuss the Evolution of Racism in America
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In a two-part conversation on race and history, historian Ed Balleisen and colleague Thavolia Glymph share perspectives on the nation's limited understanding of slavery's history and Trinity College's relationship with slavery in 19th century America.
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Rubenstein Library Addresses Instruction of Difficult Materials
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Diving into historical research is exciting and daunting, especially when confronting difficult histories in archival sources that may be shocking to new researchers. The Rubenstein Library has created a code of ethics to prepare young scholars when encountering uncomfortable or upsetting material.
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W. E. B. Du Bois Celebrated the Success of Durham's Black Community
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Snippets of the rich history around the education of Black students in Durham can be found in the Charles N. Hunter Papers, archived in the David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library. Hunter, a notable Black educator, journalist, and reformer from Raleigh, corresponded with W. E. B. Du Bois about Durham's thriving Black community during the Reconstruction.
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Student Researchers Explore Racial Wealth Disparities Through Housing in Durham
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Through in-depth analyses that include home sales and NC voter registrations, the 1940 census, and Durham County records, the student researchers began piecing together their summer project that revealed a nearly $100,000 difference between mean home values when comparing Black and white census tracts. The data also revealed a rise in home values in Black neighborhoods over the last 10 years due to attrition of Black residents.
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Who Could Understand the Plight of a Black Man?
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Trina Rodriguez is an education and training coordinator for Duke's Office of Information Technology (OIT). She wrote the poem, "Who Could Understand the Plight of a Black Man?" in response to the George Floyd's death and has performed it several times for DiversifyIT's programming. LEARN MORE ⇨
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10 Duke-Authored Books on Black History
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Duke scholars from public policy, history, documentary studies, religious studies, African and African-American studies, cultural anthropology, sociology, art, art history, and visual studies offer a vast array of books on the history of Black life in America.
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On the Most Challenging Issue For Healthcare Leaders
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"There are so many challenges. Certainly COVID has exposed some of the challenges that many knew: the health inequities that abounded, the lack of funding of our public health infrastructure and mental health infrastructure, how to move forward with technology to make sure we’re enhancing patient care and not exacerbating health inequities."
Dr. Patrice Harris, MD, MA, FAPA, a psychiatrist who served as the first African American woman president of the American Medical Association in 2019-2020, during a Q & A session with Duke Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences.
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Meetings & Events
Ongoing through April 2021
Duke Arts & Duke Performances: Lunch with Artists: In Conversation Spring 2021 Series
Thu, Feb 18 | 12:00 PM
Duke Clinical Research Institute (DCRI): Reflections on Race and Medicine During the Year of COVID-19 and Beyond
Fri, Feb 19 | 9:30 AM
Franklin Humanities Institute (FHI): Jarvis McInnis, "Tuskegee & the Plantationocene: Toward a Theory of Eco-Ontology in Black Studies"
Fri, Feb 19 | 1:00 PM
Duke Gender, Sexuality, and Feminist Studies: The Whiteness in Asian America: A "Rapist Cop" and his Racial Form
Tue, Feb 23 | 3:00 PM
Rubenstein Library: Developing a Historical Biography and The Vital Importance of Black History Archives
Tue, Feb 23 | 5:30 PM
Franklin Humanities Institute (FHI): Martin, the Movement, and the World of Comparative Law
Wed, Feb 24 | 12:00 PM
Duke Center for International and Global Studies: Perilous Journey: Crossing the Darien Gap with U.S.-bound Migrants
Wed, Feb 24 | 3:30 PM
Duke University School of Nursing (DUSON): MaryAnn: WRAL Documentary about MaryAnn Black
Wed, Feb 24 | 5:30 PM
Sanford School of Public Policy: Does the American Dream Depend on Your Zip Code?
Thu, Feb 25 | 12:00 PM
Franklin Humanities Institute (FHI): Michelle Murray, "Migration, Slavery, and the Black Mediterranean"
Thu, Feb 25 | 7:30 PM
Duke Political Science: Ummah : The Effects of Community Responsibility on Muslim Political Behavior in the United States
Fri, Feb 26 | 11:30 AM
Gender, Sexuality, and Feminist Studies: Programmed Inequality: How Britain Discarded Women Technologists and Lost its Edge in Computing
Fri, Feb 26 | 5:00 PM
Asian & Middle Eastern Studies (AMES): Integrating Poetry in Second Language Learning
Fri, Mar 5 | 12:00 PM
Gender, Sexuality, and Feminist Studies: Feminist Lessons on Vaccine Hesitancy
Thu, Mar 18 | 12:30 PM
Wilson Center for Science and Justice: A Blueprint for Bail Reform
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Duke University Institutional Statement of Commitment to Diversity and Inclusion
Duke aspires to create a community built on collaboration, innovation, creativity, and belonging. Our collective success depends on the robust exchange of ideas—an exchange that is best when the rich diversity of our perspectives, backgrounds, and experiences flourishes. To achieve this exchange, it is essential that all members of the community feel secure and welcome, that the contributions of all individuals are respected, and that all voices are heard. All members of our community have a responsibility to uphold these values.
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