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Working Toward Racial Justice
Working Toward Racial Justice
The "Working Toward Racial Justice" series is produced by Working@Duke and highlights staff and faculty, as well as departments, schools and units that take action for racial equity at Duke. Please share your story ideas for the series.
![Guest artist Anton Armstrong, Professor of Music at St. Olaf College, leads a choral clinic on sacred music at Duke Chapel in January 2024](/sites/default/files/styles/7_4_max_width_575px/public/2024-05/inside%20chapel%20M.jpg?itok=otPz61aq)
June 18, 2024
Fostering Diversity Beyond the Chapel Walls
With its ‘Unity through Diversity’ theme, the Chapel connects through intentional outreach
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![People listening to a speaker](/sites/default/files/styles/7_4_max_width_575px/public/2024-02/Solidarity%20Walk%20BO2.jpg?itok=N3V0_cuF)
![A set of figurines on steps representing the social ladder. Photo courtesy of Pexel.](/sites/default/files/styles/7_4_max_width_575px/public/2023-08/Main%20BO_1.jpg?itok=IRmBo_5b)
February 20, 2024
Q&A: What is Privilege?
Duke’s diversity, equity and inclusion experts explain how privilege can manifest in various forms, including socioeconomic, racial, gender and heterosexual privileges
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![Duke student Ezra Belgrave, left, helps Durham high school students refine the circuitry of their high-tech handbags as part of the “Inspiring the Next Generation of STEM Learners” research project. Photo by Stephen Schramm.](/sites/default/files/styles/7_4_max_width_575px/public/2023-10/Belgrave%20BO.jpg?itok=1-uPgQy-)
October 25, 2023
Transforming Research on Racial Equity into Action
A grant funds Duke faculty’s creative projects exploring how race shapes life
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![Jasmine Cobb, Professor of African & African American Studies and Art, Art History and Visual Studies at Duke University.](/sites/default/files/styles/7_4_max_width_575px/public/2023-08/Jasmine%20Cobb%20HERO.jpg?itok=-BNyKLYr)
September 26, 2023
Duke Revises Policy to Prevent Race-Based Hair Discrimination
The policy, amended last year, also applies to temporary and contract employees
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![Students at the Mary Lou Williams Center](/sites/default/files/styles/7_4_max_width_575px/public/2023-09/Students%20at%20Mary%20Lou%20BO.jpg?itok=FyU4fK3x)
September 11, 2023
A Legacy of 40 Years: Mary Lou Williams Center for Black Culture at Duke
Named after jazz artist Mary Lou Williams, the center that opened in 1983 celebrates Black culture and history
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June 16, 2023
Duke University Libraries Displays Archival Materials that Celebrate Black Culture
A recent event included a peek inside some of Rubenstein Library’s materials centering on Black voices in print
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![Sheriece Smith](/sites/default/files/styles/7_4_max_width_575px/public/2023-04/Working%20Toward%20Racial%20Justice%20BO.jpg?itok=WX3gomIp)
May 16, 2023
Sharing the Story of Progress
Through the Diversity Action Alliance, Duke communicators further inclusion
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![Sandy Darity](/sites/default/files/styles/7_4_max_width_575px/public/2023-02/Sandy%20Darity%20BO.jpg?itok=QK-P-f03)
March 1, 2023
Bringing an Inquisitive Mind to Inequality
A lifelong curiosity guides Sandy Darity’s influential work on the nation’s racial wealth gap
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![Hands raised in the air.](/sites/default/files/styles/7_4_max_width_575px/public/2023-01/OIE%20educational%20resources_M.jpg?itok=CnnDI93q)
January 31, 2023
Get Help Deepening Your Understanding of Equity and Inclusion
Duke’s Office for Institutional Equity offers educational opportunities for individuals and units
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![Duke students take in an anti-racism art piece during a workshop activity in 2019. Photo by University Communications.](/sites/default/files/styles/7_4_max_width_575px/public/legacy-files/RacialJustice%20HERO.jpg?itok=oyxgKvG2)
![People marching for solidarity.](/sites/default/files/styles/7_4_max_width_575px/public/legacy-files/Solidarity%20HERO.jpg?itok=5hj4riKg)
![Earlier this year, Duke’s administrative leaders attend the “Advancing Equity: Understanding the Climate Survey Data in Your Unit” retreat organized by the Office for Institutional Equity (OIE). Photo by Megan Peterson, OIE.](/sites/default/files/styles/7_4_max_width_575px/public/legacy-files/Retreat%20HERO.jpg?itok=BpQzUfjg)
![Members of the Black Think Tank meet virtually. Photo courtesy of Gustavo Silva.](/sites/default/files/styles/7_4_max_width_575px/public/legacy-files/BTT%20Mixer%20HERO.jpg?itok=pvyGw1mH)
![A painting featuring diverse figures.](/sites/default/files/styles/7_4_max_width_575px/public/legacy-files/Working%20Toward%20Racial%20Justice%20HERO_0.jpg?itok=l3kpiBGX)
![Members of the Samuel DuBois Center on Social Equity at Duke University pose for a picture during the Capital Matters: Race, Gender and Entrepreneurship Conference held in 2019. Photo courtesy of the Center.](/sites/default/files/styles/7_4_max_width_575px/public/legacy-files/Duke%20at%20workphoto%20HERO.jpg?itok=eN3gpw_J)
![Information technology staff members from across Duke came together to lead DiversifyIT’s Living (IT) While Black initiative, which brought new colleagues and leaders into the fight against racism. Photo by Stephen Schramm.](/sites/default/files/styles/7_4_max_width_575px/public/legacy-files/Group%20HERO_5.jpg?itok=F6GnTIWM)
![Clockwise from top left: Edna Andrews, Lee D. Baker, Liliana Paredes, Michael Newcity and Kimberly Hewitt.](/sites/default/files/styles/7_4_max_width_575px/public/legacy-files/Inclusive%20Language%20HERO3.jpg?itok=BbHz-iKL)
![Students work in the Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library's Gothic Reading Room. Photo courtesy of University Communications.](/sites/default/files/styles/7_4_max_width_575px/public/legacy-files/Working%20Toward%20Racial%20Justice%20Gothic%20HERO.jpg?itok=s7d3x22Z)
![Oliver Harvey distributes literature in April 1967 on campus. Photo courtesy of North Carolina Collection, Durham County Library.](/sites/default/files/styles/7_4_max_width_575px/public/legacy-files/Oliver%20Harvey%20HERO.jpg?itok=CBZ4F3Nv)
![Trina Rodriguez worked with a colleague to record "Who Could Understand the Plight of a Black Man," a poem that addresses and reflects on the struggles Black men continue to face in the United States. Photo courtesy of Trina Rodriguez.](/sites/default/files/styles/7_4_max_width_575px/public/legacy-files/Option%202%20HERO.jpg?itok=9xqhe2QK)
![Zaire McPhearson, an instructor in the Department of Art, Art History and Visual Studies, made the winning artwork that will accompany Working@Duke's “Working Toward Racial Justice” story series.](/sites/default/files/styles/7_4_max_width_575px/public/legacy-files/Winner%20Judges_Zaire%20McPhearson_Design_2020_Submission%2010_HERO.jpg?itok=RfSZAWBY)