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Ibtihaj Muhammad (T’07) was the first female Muslim American to medal in the Olympics and first American to compete in a hijab. Muhammad won a bronze medal in the 2016 Rio Olympics in the Team Fencing competition. While at Duke, she was an accomplished member of the fencing team, earning All-American three times in saber and participating in the Muslim Students Association. The Ibtihaj Muhammad Barbie, debuted in 2017 as part of the “shero” (female hero) line, is the first Barbie to wear a hijab. Muhammad played a key role in the creation of her Barbie from the winged eyeliner to the non-see through hijab. -
Climate Coalition "Divest" Poster
Different student organizations have pushed Duke to divest from fossil fuels since 2012. In 2022, nearly 2,500 students voted in support of the Divestment Referendum proposed by the Duke Climate Coalition (DCC). This poster was used in a protest on Bryan Center Plaza in November of the same year, pushing for Duke to adhere to the results of the referendum. In 2022, President Price announced the Climate Commitment, Duke’s initiative to combat climate change, though at this time the demands to divest from fossil fuels have not been met. -
AEOLUS, "Big Brother at Duke," March 29, 1978
The FBI kept close tabs on students and private citizens alike throughout the country during the tumultuous period of the late 1960s. Students were recruited as informers to spy on peers and relay information about student activism, including the Allen Building Takeover. This cover of “Aeolus” (the magazine associated with The Chronicle) outlines the paranoia of surveillance on Duke’s campus. -
Duke Graduate Students Union Brochure
Organized labor has had a place on Duke’s campus since the late 1960s, as staff and students campaigned for improved working conditions and wages. Among the unions that represent Duke staff are the American Federation of State, Council, and Municipal Employees Local 77 in the 1960s, the International Union of Operating Engineers Local 465 in the 1970s, and the Amalgamated Transit Union Local 1328 organized in the 1990s. Other unions have been established relatively recently, such as one for Duke University Press staff, another for non-regular rank faculty, and one for graduate students. As of August 2023, graduate students overwhelmingly voted in favor of unionization, following students and workers from Duke’s past. -
Local 77 Pin, 1968
Organized labor has had a place on Duke’s campus since the late 1960s, as staff and students campaigned for improved working conditions and wages. Among the unions that represent Duke staff are the American Federation of State, Council, and Municipal Employees Local 77 in the 1960s, the International Union of Operating Engineers Local 465 in the 1970s, and the Amalgamated Transit Union Local 1328 organized in the 1990s. Other unions have been established relatively recently, such as one for Duke University Press staff, another for non-regular rank faculty, and one for graduate students. As of August 2023, graduate students overwhelmingly voted in favor of unionization, following students and workers from Duke’s past. -
Allen Building takeover, original photographs
These are the only known photographs from inside the Allen Building on February 13, 1969. Some of the Black student protestors are depicted inside the Central Records Office. The students brought playing cards and food with them into the Allen Building, which they rechristened the “Malcolm X Liberation School.” -
Posters advertising South African apartheid divestment protests
In the 1980s, students protesting apartheid demanded that Duke divest from companies that did business in South Africa. In 1986, demonstrators constructed shanties and a makeshift “Apartheid Prison” in front of the Chapel. Six Duke students and one alumna were arrested and charged with trespassing. The charges were dropped, and the Board of Trustees eventually agreed to divest. Susan Cook (T’88) defended the protests in a Chronicle op-ed, arguing that her great-grand-uncle Julian Abele, primary designer of Duke’s campus, “was a victim of apartheid in this country.” This brought Abele, a Black man excluded from Duke’s history, into the community’s consciousness. -
“The Black Demands; as of Thursday Morning, 9am, from Allen Building.”
Written by the students inside the Allen Building, the Black Demands address the numerous issues Black students had been “negotiating with Duke administration and faculty … for 2-2 ½ years” with no meaningful results, having “exhausted the so-called ‘proper’ channels.” Notable demands that have since been met include the establishment of an African American Studies department and admissions based on high school merit. An example of a demand not yet met is increasing the percentage of Black students at Duke to match the percentage of Black citizens in Durham. -
Group label: DDA photos and headline
Responding to a 1996 complaint to the Justice Department, Duke became the first college or university to reach an agreement with the Justice Department to address widespread accessibility for people with disabilities in 2000. The Chronicle noted accessibility efforts such as widening doorways and providing accessible seating in venues. Although renovations were made following the suit, some facilities remain inaccessible, including dorms and academic buildings. The 2021 opening of the Disability Community Space in the Bryan Center was a further step towards recognition of the disability community. The Duke Disability Alliance continues to advocate for changes such as accessible infrastructure, the addition of a Disability Studies minor, and recognition of American Sign Language as an option for the Trinity College language course requirement. -
Protest poster against the Chronicle Holocaust ad controversy
After The Chronicle published an ad calling for “open debate” on the Holocaust in 1991, Duke’s campus erupted. Holocaust denier Bradley R. Smith created the ad, which ran alongside an editorial explaining The Chronicle's commitment to “supporting the advertiser’s rights.” Outraged students organized a rally to honor the millions lost in the Holocaust and decry The Chronicle’s actions. The rally coincided with the anniversary of Kristallnacht. -
Duke Doesn't Teach Me Photo Campaign
The “Duke Doesn’t Teach Me” photo campaign was produced by the Asian American Studies Working Group (AASWG) to draw attention to the lack of Asian American Studies on campus. While AASWG was founded in 2015-2016, Asian American students at Duke began teaching house courses on Asian American identity in 1982 and have been advocating for an Asian American Studies program since 2002. In 2018, Duke established the Asian American and Diaspora Studies Program and introduced a minor in 2022. -
Saturday Night vol. 2
Saturday Night was a student-run publication sharing narratives of sexual assault and relationship violence at Duke. In this second edition, anonymous quotes from students provide a powerful look into sexual violence on campus in the early 2000s. -
Army Finance Officer Candidate School
The Army Finance Officer Candidate School was one of many units at Duke that was established during World War II under the leadership of President Robert Flowers. Duke had established a V-12 program, which sought to produce excellent officers to supplement the war effort. Today, Duke hosts ROTC units for aspiring future officers in the Army, Air Force, and Navy. -
Inter-View, Issue #3
Inter-View was an anonymous student-run publication aimed at tackling racial divisions in campus culture. The March 1986 issue discusses the differences between Black and white sororities, including different approaches to service and community, and whether such social groups facilitated racial separatism on campus. Today, most "traditionally white” Greek organizations have disaffiliated from Duke, while most Black Greek organizations have retained their affiliation, reflecting the continued uncertainty about the role of both Black and traditionally white Greek life on campus. -
The Trinity Archive, Volume 37, Issue 3
Founded in 1887, the Trinity Archive is Duke’s oldest student publication and one of the oldest continuously published literary magazines in the United States. In his editorial “A New Ideal,” student editor-in-chief James Joseph Farriss (T’25) embraced the renaming of Trinity College to Duke University and recognized both the buildings and also the momentum and ongoing support the endowment brought. He called on students to be worthy of this investment and noted that only the students can create the “greater culture and ideals” that must accompany the buildings. The Trinity Archive was renamed the Archive in the fall of 1925. -
Abortion Loan Fund Letter
In 1971, the Associated Students of Duke University (ASDU) created the Abortion Loan Fund to finance Duke students' travel to states where abortions were legal. The fund was the second of its kind in the nation, and it was maintained even after abortion became legal in North Carolina in 1973. Although both ASDU and President Sanford faced backlash from some students and outsiders, the student body voted to keep the program, which continued until it was taken over by Student Health in the 1990s. -
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