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One of the first people readers meet in Robert Bliwise’s new book on campus life at Duke during the pandemic is Valerie Williams, the manager of the Marketplace on East Campus. It was her job to

In Its Quest to Become Anti-Racist, Duke Must Reckon With a Past That Echoes Into the Present On the job training session at campus dining in 1947. “Can Duke really become anti-racist?” The question was emblazoned on the cover of the 2020 winter edition of the Duke University alumni magazine and probed with essays, feature stories, and text excerpts from podcasts—mostly responding to the larger racial reckoning that swept America following George Floyd’s death. Letters to th...