The Samuel DuBois Cook Center is a scholarly collaborative that studies the causes and consequences of inequality and develops remedies for these disparities and their adverse effects.
Join Founding Director, Dr. William A. Darity Jr., in a Fireside Chat with Dr. Justene Hill on her new book, Savings and Trust: The Rise and Betrayal of the Freedman’s Bank, on Thursday, April 17 at 4:45pm at the Center for Documentary Studies. Justene Hill is associate professor of history at the University of Virginia…
Faculty Affiliate Ronda Taylor Bullock was featured in article detailing the impact of multiple organizations in North Carolina highlighting student voices. Dr. Ronda Taylor Bullock is the co-founder and lead curator of her organization, we are, which stands for “working to extend anti-racist education”. In its 10th year, Dr. Bullock emphasized we are’s role in…
Faculty Affiliate Nancy MacLean, Ph.D. gave historical context to the political ideology of the current White House Administration on a panel at the opening session of the Organization of American Historians. Dr. MacLean is the William H. Chafe Distinguished Professor of History and Public Policy at Duke University. Neil Steinberg uses Dr. MacLean’s comments as…
Today, Faculty Affiliate Nancy MacLean, William H. Chafe Professor of History and Public Policy Emerita at Duke University, will speak with Professor Carol Anderson, Janai Nelson, and Professor Kimberlé Crenshaw at Columbia Law School. She will be apart of a panel, presented by The Center for Intersectionality and Social Policy Studies and the African American…
Faculty Affiliate Carliss Chatman, Professor at SMU Dedman School of Law, wrote a column on how Tesla’s move to Texas is testing just how far modern corporate law will lean in favor of management. In 2024, Tesla strategically moved its legal home from Delaware to Texas. A move that positioned the company to benefit from…
Faculty Affiliate Keisha Bentley-Edwards, Associate Professor of Medicine at Duke University, will deliver the Richard Payne Lecture in Faith, Justice, and Health Care this Friday. The event is hosted by the Theology, Medicine, and Culture Initiative at Duke Divinity School. Her lecture, titled Black Women’s Religion and Their Health: When Individual and Institutional Factors Intersect, represents…