Race, Racism, and the History of Duke Sports Story+ Researcher

Researched football as part of a multi-year initiative to study Duke University’s racial history seeking document path-breaking student athletes and coaches, revisit watershed sporting events, and understand these key moments and individuals within the context of local, national, and international politics. The project examines the place of race and sports within powerful institutional debates over issues such as “merit” and black student admissions, campus activism, and the adoption of Title IX. Inasmuch as the project will narrate racial developments in Duke sports history, it will also use Duke sports history to shed new light on the racial landscape on campus and beyond.