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THE INDEPENDENT DAILY AT DUKE UNIVERSITY
ONE HUNDREDTH YEAR, ISSUE 74
Blue Devils nip Wolfpack Duke scores 2nd ACC road win of season by
Mike Van Pelt
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Black and White: A History by
Adam
Eaglin
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Diversity. Duke University is quick to tout this particular aspect of its ever-growing community of students, faculty and staff. But only in the last half-century has the University been able to claim the word as one of its defining features. In honor of the Martin Luther King, Jr. holiday, The Chronicle is highlighting the history of race relations at the University over the past several decades, revealing how the actions of our academic forefathers and more recent leaders have helped shape Duke into the diverse institution that it is today. Duke Integrates With the 1954 Supreme Court decision in Brown v. Board of Education, the tide began to turn against widespread racism in American institutions—and Duke would not be exempt from this change. A motion was passed by the University Council in January 1956 to consider admitting students without discriminating on the basis of race. Before then, like many other colleges at that time, Duke did not grant black students admission to the University.
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SheidenWilliams led a second-half comeback, scoring 18 ofhis 22 points after thebreak.
in the second period as Duke’s halftime adjustments got him more involved. “In the second half what we did
Mary Lou gets Students staged multiple protests about racial issues in 1968. Police intervened during an Allen Building sit-in (top). A vigil took place in the wake of Martin Luther King Jr.'s assassination (above).
lowing decade, this event was an important starting point for the political transformation that was to follow. The change finally solidified in March 1961, when the SEE HISTORY ON 10
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director
Dunkley will spend the remainder of the spring working on special projects that possibly After five and a half years of service, Leon Dunkinclude an analysis of cultural centers as a compoley resigned from his position as director for the nent of Student Affairs. “Leon left the center in fine shape and Andrea Mary Lou Williams Center for Black Culture in December. He will work on special projects Caldwell is already quite up to speed,” for Larry Moneta, vice-president for stuMoneta said. “You won’t see any hitches dent affairs, until June 30, at which point whatsoever in the quality of the work.” he will officially leave the University. Moneta noted that Dunkley had Andrea Caldwell, assistant dean of been thinking of a career change for students, has taken over as interim direcsome time now and that the move was tor of the center until June. not completely unexpected. Dunkley “Leon has expressed his interest to could not be reached for comment. move on,” Moneta said. “He has other “We wish him well in his next endeavors,” said Caldwell, whose duties became areas of interest he would like to exeffective Jan. 1. plore, such as going to Divinity School. His decision was based on some future Zoila Airall, assistant vice president goals that he has.” Andrea Caldwell SEE CULTURE CENTER ON PAGE 7 by
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Although concrete change
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Julius Hodge drove down the lane with his team clinging to a 45-43 lead with just under 17 minutes to go. He went up to shoot, but Daniel Ewing stuck his hand in DUKE 8§ a n d N.C STATE 74 stripped the ball away for one ofhis three steals in the game. He collected the ball and hit Sean Dockery in stride for a layup, tying the game for the first time since the opening minutes. Duke (f 2-0, 2-0 in the ACC) and N.C. State (10-5, 0-2) traded points until Shelden Williams muscled up a short layin from the right block to level the score at 48. Then, the fifth-ranked Blue Devils scored on each of their next nine possessions during the subsequent five-and-ahalf minutes and took a 67-59 lead they never relinquished on their way to a 86-74 win. “We showed a lot more poise,” said head coach Mike Krzyzewski ofhis team’s offensive efficiency in the second half. “More guys touched the ball. We moved it a little bit from side to side. In the first half we were kind of staggered.” After managing just two shots in the first half, Williams connected on 7-of-10 attempts and scored 18 of his 22 points
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