Mallonee and Dallas of the Wrongful Convictions Clinic Talk About Willie Shaw’s Case
Interview with two Duke Law students, members of the team whose investigation led to a vacated conviction
Topic Race & Culture
Duke scholars are examining forces around race, class, gender, culture, sexuality and religion in their teaching and research and in the community.
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Social Justice Activist Rev. Starsky Wilson Calls for a Bold Child-Focused Agenda During MLK Event
The Rev. Dr. Starsky Wilson, a nationally recognized children's rights and racial equity champion who in December succeeded Marian Wright Edelman as president of the Children’s Defense Fund (CDF), called for a child-focused agenda of New Deal dimensions in his keynote address for Duke University’s annual Martin Luther King Jr.
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Social Justice Activist Rev. Starsky Wilson to Highlight Duke's MLK Commemoration Events
The Rev. Starsky Wilson, a nationally recognized children's rights and racial equity champion who in December succeeded Marian Wright Edelman as president of the Children’s Defense Fund (CDF), will deliver the keynote address for Duke University’s annual Martin Luther King Jr.
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DC Riot Underscores Dangers of White Supremacy, Experts Say
Americans were shocked Wednesday by the image of rioters storming through the U.S.
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How Global Issues at the Dinner Table Made a Cultural Anthropologist: Meet Anne-Maria Makhulu
Interview with the Duke associate professor and author (“Making Freedom: Apartheid, Squatter Politics, and the Struggle for Home”)
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Maradona Mourning Shows Again Latin America’s Devotion to Sport and Arts
…else does, certainly not political leaders,” said Laurent Dubois, a Duke University professor who writes about sport and Latin America.
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Duke, NC Central Launch Program to Showcase Black-Founded and Black-Led Businesses
Participants can compete for up to $25,000
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How Duke Faculty Can Help Create an Equitable Research and Learning Environment
Workshop builds understanding of how structural racism impacts academic environments and how faculty can foster anti-racist practices
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Group Urges Atlantic Seafloor be Labeled a Memorial to Slave Trading
As deep-sea mining begins, maps and charts should acknowledge the “Middle Passage” where 1.8 million perished
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Duke Health Leaders Share Plans for Advancing Racial, Social and Health Equity
Duke Health team members recently gathered in a virtual town hall to hear a progress report on Moments to Movement (M2M), Duke Health's collective stand against systemic racism and social injustice.
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Duke Study Finds Race Matters for Those Sentenced to Life Without Parole
Commentary by Brandon Garrett, director of the Wilson Center for Science and Justice at Duke Law, and Travis Seale-Carlisle, a post-doctoral fellow
In the News
Ecclesiastes Has Some Things to Say About COVID-19
Commentary by Brent A. Strawn, a professor at Duke Divinity School
Peter Casarella: Focolare Movement’s Lessons on Women’s Church Leadership
Q&A with the Duke Divinity School professor
What Price Wholeness?
Review of “From Here to Equality: Reparations for Black Americans in the Twenty-First Century,” co-authored by professor William A. Darity Jr.
It Is Not Enough to Say We Are Anti-Racist. We Must Address Glaring Disparities in Treatment
Commentary by Dr. Jane Gagliardi, an associate professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
Mallonee and Dallas of the Wrongful Convictions Clinic Talk About Willie Shaw’s Case
Interview with two Duke Law students, members of the team whose investigation led to a vacated conviction
The ‘Whitewashing’ of Black Wall Street
Features the work and comments of Sanford School professor William Darity Jr.
Experts, Advocates: False Equivalency Between Black Lives Matter and Capitol Siege
Quotes professor Mark Anthony Neal, chair of the Department of African and African American Studies at Duke
‘Protect Our Community.’ How Black Leaders Are Tackling Hesitancy Over COVID Vaccine
Features the work of Faye Williams, a nurse at Duke clinics; cites Duke research
Black Lawyers Speak: Stories of the Past, Hopes for the Future
Podcast Interview with Trina Jones, a professor of law at Duke University School of Law
The CROWN Act Makes Waves Across the Country to End Hair Discrimination
Cites a recent study conducted by Fuqua School of Business professor Ashleigh Shelby Rosette