In 2013, Duke will mark 50 years since the desegregation of the undergraduate student body. The campus-wide theme, “Celebrating the Past, Charting the Future: Commemorating 50 Years of Black Students at Duke University” will be woven into annual events, like commencement, reunion, and Founder’s Day, and will also be a topic of reflection through exhibits, speakers, and service opportunities. Working together across the University, this milestone year offers all of us the opportunity to learn more about Duke’s history.
The University Archives has a rich photographic collection, and we have added a number of photos on Flickr as part of the anniversary celebration. They show us moments of protest and performance, as well as celebration. The photographs are featured on a new website dedicated to this fiftieth anniversary commemoration.
The University Archives contains many collections that provide historical context and primary source documentation on the desegregation of the school, the black student experience at Duke, and much more. Interested in diving in? A new guide to conducting research on African-American history at Duke is now available, and the UA staff is glad to consult on particular questions or projects. (Contact us here!)
Post contributed by Val Gillispie, University Archivist.
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New Rubenstein Library Materials Added to the Internet Archive- Annual catalogue of the S.P. Lees Collegiate Institute of Central University at Jackson, Kentucky [serial] June 17, 2013
- Annual catalogue of the S.P. Lees Collegiate Institute of Central University at Jackson, Kentucky [serial] June 17, 2013
- Verfassung der Deutschen Schützen-Gessellschaft in Charleston, Süd-Carolina. Gegründet am 21. Mai 1855. Gesetze revidirt Mai 1868 und Januar 1872 June 17, 2013
- Address of Senator Charles A. Culberson at the Iroquois Club Banquet, Chicago, April 13, 1904 June 17, 2013
- The book of nature : containing information for young people who think of getting married : on the philosophy of procreation and sexual intercourse, showing how to prevent conception and to avoid child-bearing : also, rules for management during labor and child-birth June 17, 2013
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