Faculty Blogs
- Mark Anthony Neal
Neal is Professor of Black Popular Culture in the Department of African and African American Studies at Duke University.
Other Campus Links
- Black Faculty Guide Check out the Guide to Black Faculty to meet the faculty members of the black community on campus.
- Samuel DuBois Cook Society
The Samuel DuBois Cook Society was founded in 1997 to honor the years of service that Dr. Cook has offered to Duke University, to the cause of African American Advancement, and to the betterment of relations between persons of all backgrounds. - Inventory of the Black Student Alliance records, 1969-2006 Contains the records of the Black Student Alliance and materials of Black and African-American student groups at Duke University
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Asa and Elna Spaulding Papers, 1909-1997 and undated, bulk 1935-1983
Finding Aid
Asa and Elna Spaulding Papers, 1909-1997 and undated, bulk 1935-1983 http://library.duke.edu/digitalcollections/rbmscl/spauldingasaelna/inv/ Asa T. Spaulding was an insurance executive in Durham, N.C. and an activist in civil rights, education, employment, and other work related to minorities' rights. He held various positions in the North Carolina Mutual Life Insurance Company for almost thirty-five years, beginning as its actuary in 1933 and serving as its fifth president from 1958 through 1967. Elna Bridgeforth Spaulding was an activist in civil rights for minorities and women and involved in local politics in Durham, N.C, serving as a Durham County Commissioner for five terms, from 1974 through 1984. This collection documents an African American family's lifelong involvement in the business, political, educational, religious, and social life of Durham, N.C. It consists of correspondence, writings and speeches, printed materials, clippings, photographs, audiovisual items, and memorabilia that reflect the Spauldings' work with the following organizations and groups: North Carolina Mutual Insurance Company; Mechanics and Farmers Bank; Durham County Board of Commissioners; the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People; National Urban League; Women-in-Action for the Prevention of Violence and Its Causes, Inc.; North Carolina Central and Shaw universities; White Rock Baptist Church; and the Lincoln Community Health Center. The collection is divided into two subgroups. The Asa Spaulding Subgroup is arranged in nine series: Correspondence, Writings and Speeches, Organizations, North Carolina Mutual Files, Insurance Files, Subject Files, Photographic Materials, and Audiovisual Materials. The Elna Spaulding Subgroup is arranged in six series: Correspondence, Writings and Speeches, Organizations, Subject Files, Photographic Materials, and Audiovisual Materials.
Guide to Digital Sources
- African-American Documentary Resources in North Carolina The guide is a product of the ongoing work of the North Carolina African American Archives Group. Organized in the fall of 1989, the Group has as its goals the promotion of the fuller documentation of the African-American experience in North Carolina.
- African-American Women's History Retrieving African-American Women's History is a Methodological Guide to Manuscript Sources in the Special Collections Library at Duke University
- Behind the Veil Behind the Veil: Documenting African American Life in the Jim Crow South is a major research project into the history of African American life during the age of Jim Crow, roughly the period from the 1890s to the 1950s.
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Local Resources
- The Hayti Heritage Center St. Joseph's Historic Foundation at the Hayti Heritage Center was founded in 1975 is an African American cultural and educational institution deeply rooted in the historic Hayti community of Durham, North Carolina.
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