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Editor’s Note: Members of the Duke Community who missed the livestream of this discussion are invited to attend a watch party Wednesday, March 2, from 4 to 6 p.m. at the Mary Lou Williams Center for Black Culture.
Black History Month draws its origins to February 1926, when Dr. Carter G. Woodson organized “Negro History Week,” a celebration that honored the contributions of African Americans with activities such as parades, history clubs, speeches, and more.
Deal Ticker: Yokohama Tire Corporation Expands Distribution Network in DFW Plus: Richardson's Office of Strategic Initiatives is moving into the city's innovative quarter; Gulf Relay leases massive South Dallas industrial space, and more. Share your top deals by emailing Real Estate Editor Bianca R. Montes at [email protected]. Yokohama Tire Corporation will expand its distribution network in the U.S. at Intermodal III Industrial Park. Duke Realty Corporation’s Dallas office secured a long-term lease for the company for the 431,630-square-foot facility in Wilmer, about 15 miles southeast ...
Dreams Held Fast: A Timeline of Black History in the Triangle Designed by Jon Fuller From the nationâs first public university, built by enslaved people, to the demonstrators this summer who finally rid the Capitol grounds of its monuments to white supremacy, the history of the Triangle and its major towns and citiesâChapel Hill, Durham, and Raleighâis inextricably intertwined with the history of its Black residents. Black history is American history, and Black History Week, established as a precursor to Black History Month by the author and historian Carter G. Woodson, was an ...
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. âCan Duke really become anti-racist?â 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 podcastsâmostly responding to the larger racial reckoning that swept America following George Floydâs death. Letters to the editor in the issue offered mixed reviews about the magazineâs coverage of the Black Lives Ma...