Black History at Duke University

The lists below include reports and studies by Duke students, faculty, and administrative offices on issues of race on campus.

Duke University Reports and Studies:

• A White Paper on Institutional Racism at Duke (1972), Duke YM-YWCA Records, 1968-1979
• A Joint Report for the Academic Affairs and Student Affairs Committees on the Subject of Black/White Relations (1982), Office of Minority Affairs records, 1969-1993
• Lattimore, Caroline (Dean). Report to the President's Council on Black Affairs on the Office of Minority Affairs (1985), Office of Minority Affairs records, 1969-1993
• Final Report (1989), Black on White Steering Committee Records, 1988-1989
• Final Report (1989), President's Committee to Address Discrimination in the Classroom Records, 1982-1989
• Report on Women and African-American Faculty (1989), H. Keith H. Brodie, President, Records, 1963-1994
• Report of the Ad Hoc Committee on African and Afro-American Studies (1991), Department of African and African American Studies Records, 1966-1981
• Diversity At Duke University: A Ford Foundation-funded Portfolio Assessment, 1997. Office of Intercultural Affairs reference collection, 2000-ongoing
• Campus Culture Initiative Reports in Service to the Steering Committee (2007), Campus Culture Initiative records, 2006-2007 
• Report of the Duke University Task Force on Bias and Hate Issues, 2016. (website and online copy of report)
• Commission on Memory and History report, 2017. (website and online copy of report)
• "Activating History for Justice at Duke," 2018. (website and online copy of report)
• Chapman, Joyce, et al. "Understanding the Experiences and Needs of Black Students at Duke." Duke University Libraries, 2020. (online copy of report)
  • See also Zabala, Pamela. "Black Students at Duke: Qualitative Analysis of Focus Group Data-December 2019." Duke University Libraries, 2020..