“The Black Demands; as of Thursday Morning, 9am, from Allen Building.”

“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.

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1969

“The Black Demands; as of Thursday Morning, 9am, from Allen Building.” Allen Building Takeover Collection, Box 1, Folder 3 (Documents, Feb. 13. 1969), Duke University Archives, David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Duke University.

8.5x11 piece of white paper with black typewritten text.

Black History; Allen Building; Douglas Knight

1969, February 13