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David Robinson II, grad of Booker T. Washington in Miami and Duke Law, was one of three Black students to integrate North Carolina university.
It is featured in over 40 different Christian hymnals and sung in churches all across America, not just during Black History ...
The project “A Century of Black Mormons” has found baptismal documentation for more than 100 black members who joined the church between the church’s founding in 1830 and 1930.
When David graduated from Duke Law in 1964, more opportunities were available for Black students and the Federal Reserve Board in Washington hired him as its first African American attorney.
Duke University, Davidson College officials wait to see if Senate keeps 7% tax on their endowments after Big Beautiful Bill in the House reconciliation bill.
Duke University and Davidson College officials are waiting to see if they get hit with a 7% tax on their endowments after a proposal in the House reconciliation bill.
For generations, Black musicians have shaped American culture while battling an industry that often denied them fair compensation. Today, many are reclaiming power by turning their art into platforms ...
The Life and Times of the Temptations” recounts how young Black men from Detroit created a lasting musical legacy.
You just knew they were marked for greatness. My friend, David Robinson II, is such a person. At its May 11 commencement, Duke University awarded an honorary Doctor of Laws degree to David, who ...
James Weldon Johnson’s poem “Lift Every Voice and Sing,” set to music by his brother John Rosamond, was first presented as a ...