Race & Equity

Award winners: Former NC Gov. Roy Cooper, Marissa Young, Jasmin Riley, Eni Owoeye, Thavolia Glymph and President Vince Price

February 14, 2025

Cook Society Awards: Five Campus & Community Leaders Who Built a ‘Beloved Community’

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Samuel Dubois Cook Society banner plus photo of Cook

February 6, 2025

Cook Society to Honor Gov. Cooper, Four Campus Leaders

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N.C. Mutual Building in the 1930s. Photo courtesy Duke University Libraries.

February 2, 2025

Durham’s Black History Is a Large Part of Durham History

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Montage of Day of Service events: Backpacking, Marissa Young at the Unity Rally and meal packing

January 20, 2025

MLK Day of Service: Unity and Packing Meals and Supplies for the Community

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Judge Jerry Blackwell shares with a Duke Chapel audience his belief that Martin Luther King Jr.’s vision for America remains central to the national experience.

January 20, 2025

Advancing Martin Luther King’s Dream Through Hope and Community

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Jerry Blackwell

January 6, 2025

Prosecutor in George Floyd Case to Speak at Duke’s MLK Commemoration Jan. 19

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The djembe’s likely origins date back to the 12th century in Mali, West Africa. Photo by Jacob Whatley

December 19, 2024

The Meaningful Sounds of the Djembe Drum

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William Barber assesses the 2024 election in an interview with Adriane Lentz-Smith in Hayti Heritage Center

November 26, 2024

William Barber on Building a Moral Movement

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Black glaucoma patient getting eyes tested

November 24, 2024

Glaucoma Prediction Models Fall Short for Black Patients

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Anti-Racism Employee Resource Group at Duke

November 11, 2024

New Anti-Racism Employee Resource Group Hosts Dec. 3 Panel Discussion

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Mark Anthony Neal interviewing Ashton Crawley

November 7, 2024

‘Left of Black’ Video Series Wins Gold Davey Award

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Duke Spotlight: Dr. Charles Johnson

November 5, 2024

Duke Spotlight: Dr. Charles Johnson

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Duke communicators visit the Pauli Murray House at 906 N. Carroll St. in Durham.

October 25, 2024

Learning Black Durham’s History by Bus

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Duke Professor Tyson Brown leads a session of the NextGenPop program.. Photo courtesy Bernie Fischer.

July 11, 2024

Changing the Demography of the Scholars Who Study Demography

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Allen Building in fall

June 18, 2024

President Price: Our Ongoing Commitment to Racial and Social Equity

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VP for institutional equity Kimberly Hewitt

June 17, 2024

Kimberly Hewitt Reappointed to Second Term as Vice President for Institutional Equity

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