Duke Vigil collection, 1968-1988.

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Duke Vigil collection, 1968-1988.

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The collection features announcements, flyers, publications, handouts, correspondence, reports, ephemera, press releases, clippings, a diary, sound recordings, WDBS broadcasts, and photographs. Individuals prominent within the collection include John Blackburn, Kenneth Clark, John Strange, David Henderson, Duke President Douglas Knight, Samuel DuBois Cook, and Wright Tisdale. Major subjects include student demonstrations, race relations, Duke University employee wages and labor union, and the anniversary and reunion of the Vigil in 1988.

1500 items (3.0 linear ft.)

Duke University Libraries, Duke University Library; Perkins Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 7710093

Duke University Libraries, Duke University Library; Perkins Library

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Knight, Douglas Maitland, Jr., 1921-2005

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Born June 8, 1921, in Cambridge, MA, Douglas M. Knight was educated at Yale University and received an A.B. in 1942, an M.A. in 1944, and a Ph.D. in 1946. He served as an instructor and assistant professor of English from 1947 to 1953 at Yale University. Knight then became president of Lawrence University, in Appleton, Wisconsin in 1953. In 1963, Knight was persuaded to come to Duke University. New beginnings and unique building projects characterized his tenure. The con...

Duke University. University Archives

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Richard Halleck Brodhead became Duke's ninth president on July 1, 2004, after a 32-year career at Yale University. In addition to serving as president, he is a professor of English at Duke. Born in Dayton, Ohio, he graduated from Yale in 1968 and received his Ph.D. there in 1972. He then joined the Yale faculty, where he became the A. Bartlett Giamatti Professor of English and American Studies. After serving as chair of Yale's Department of English for six years, Brodhead was named dean of Yale ...

King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968

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Martin Luther King, Jr. (b. January 15, 1929, Atlanta, Georgia –d. April 4, 1968, Memphis, Tennessee) was an American Baptist minister and activist who was a leader in the Civil Rights Movement. He is best known for his role in the advancement of civil rights using nonviolent civil disobedience. King helped to organize the 1963 March on Washington, where he delivered his famous "I Have a Dream" speech. In 1964, King received the Nobel Peace Prize and in 1965, he helped to organize the Selma to M...

WDBS Radio (Radio station : Durham, N.C.)

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Blackburn, John O., 1929-

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Cook, Samuel DuBois, 1927-

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Strange, John H.

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Clark, Kenneth Willis, 1898-

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Duke University

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Duke University. President.

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Henderson, David Martin.

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David Martin Henderson graduated from Duke University in 1968. While based in Durham, North Carolina, he served as a newspaper editor and a long-time local, state-wide and national political activist. From the description of David Martin Henderson papers, 1964-1989. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 41546412 ...