Taking up the challenge by James Baldwin to live a life of commitment, Hollowell and co-author Jamie McGhee write that to hold progressive views on racial justice, LGBTQ+ identity, and economic inequality isn’t sufficient. True and lasting change demands a response to Baldwin's radical challenge for moral commitment. Hollowell is senior research associate at the Samuel DuBois Cook Center on Social Equity. Read More
Need something new on your nightstand? Looking for a summer escape? Or need your next book club selection? We've got you covered? It's all the pleasures of a reading list, without the book report. We asked some of Duke's most admired faculty members to contribute to our popular Lifelong Learning summer reading list. Each book includes five questions to consider while reading, direct purchase links, and an introduction video from the author. Read More
This book takes up [Baldwin’s] challenge and draws form Baldwin’s fiction, nonfiction, poetry, and interview and is mean to spur today’s progressives from conviction to action. Read More
The Journal of Blacks in Higher Education regularly publishes a list of new books that may be of interest to our readers. The books included are on a wide variety of subjects and present many different points of view. Read More