Black Church Studies

Divinity Grad on Rachel Maddow Show

Tuesday, April 16, 2013

Rev. Michael McBride, M.Div. '05, of PICO National Network talks with Rachel Maddow about the importance of gun safety activism. Watch the video, starting at 12 minutes, 23 seconds into the clip.

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MLK Lecture Series Worship Service with James Forbes of Riverside Church Preaching

Tuesday, April 2, 2013 - 11:25am to 12:15pm
Goodson Chapel
stilley@div.duke.edu or (919) 660-3539

Duke Divinity School and the Office of Black Church Studies will hold a 2013 Martin Luther King Jr. Lecture Series worship service with preaching by James A. Forbes Jr., senior minister emeritus of Riverside Church and president of the Healing of the Nations Foundation, both in New York City. The Gospel Choir will sing.

James A. Forbes, Jr. to Give MLK Lecture April 2

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Wednesday, March 6, 2013

The Office of Black Church Studies will sponsor the 2013 MLK Jr. Lecture Series featuring Rev. Dr. James Forbes, Jr., Senior Minister Emeritus at the Riverside Church and President of the Healing of the Nations Foundation in New York City.

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Honoring C. Eric Lincoln

Friday, February 22, 2013

March 4 "Black Church and Black Mosque" event will honor the renowned Duke religious scholar.

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First Black Students at Divinity School Became Church and Community Leaders

Friday, January 25, 2013

The first black students to attend Duke Divinity School became highly regarded leaders in the church and in their communities.

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When the Duke University Board of Trustees voted March 8, 1961 to desegregate the university's graduate and professional schools, it was a move that had long been supported by many Divinity School students and faculty (see Divinity School a Leader in Push for Integration).

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MLK Commemoration: "We Have the Power"

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Tuesday, January 22, 2013

Rev. William Turner, professor of the practice of homiletics, invites the university to proceed with the momentum it started 50 years ago during a Jan. 20 service commermorating Martin Luther King, Jr. Day.

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Divinity School a Leader in Push for Integration

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Friday, January 25, 2013
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Integration

As Duke University marks the 50th anniversary of the first black undergraduate students at Duke, we look back at integration at the Divinity School.

Thirteen years before the Duke University Board of Trustees voted in 1961 to desegregate the graduate and professional schools, Duke Divinity School faculty and students, motivated by their Christian faith, had started pushing for integration through soul-searching discussions and written petitions.

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William Turner to Deliver MLK Keynote Jan. 20

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Wednesday, January 16, 2013

Turner, professor of the practice of homiletics and a member of one of the first classes to include African Americans, will speak on "Praise, Protest & Power: 50 Years in the Making," complementing the 50th anniversary of Duke's first black undergraduate students.

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