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Discover Pauli Murray's legacy in Durham and far beyond: paulimurraycenter.com
How would the Rev. Dr. Pauli Murray, who possessed a broad vision of justice, equity, and human rights, react to our dwindling American democracy today? This panel of distinguished colleagues looks at the lesson's that Pauli's legacy holds for progressive struggle in the 21st century.
This panel includes:
• Erika W. Wilson, Professor of Law, Wade Edwards Distinguished Scholar, and Director of the Critical Race Lawyering Civil Rights Clinic at University of North Carolina- Chapel Hill;
• Serena Sebring, Executive Director of Blueprint NC;
•Stormie Daie, member of the House of Coxx, for a panel on the lesson's that Pauli's legacy holds for progressive struggle in the 21st century.
Moderated by Dr. Antonia Randolph, Assistant Professor of American Studies at the University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill.
The Pauli Murray Center is a nationally significant history site, anchored by Pauli Murray’s childhood home built by her grandparents in 1898 at 906 Carroll Street in Durham, North Carolina. By connecting history to contemporary human rights issues, the Pauli Murray Center activates visitors of all ages to stand up for peace, equity and justice.
Video edited by Charmaine McKissick-Melton Communications Fellow Andy Kavul, from North Carolina Central University.
Discover Pauli Murray's legacy in Durham and far beyond: paulimurraycenter.com
How would the Rev. Dr. Pauli Murray, who possessed a broad vision of justice, equity, and human rights, react to our dwindling American democracy today? This panel of distinguished colleagues looks at the lesson's that Pauli's legacy holds for progressive struggle in the 21st century.
This panel includes:
• Erika W. Wilson, Professor of Law, Wade Edwards Distinguished Scholar, and Director of the Critical Race Lawyering Civil Rights Clinic at University of North Carolina- Chapel Hill;
• Serena Sebring, Executive Director of Blueprint NC;
•Stormie Daie, member of the House of Coxx, for a panel on the lesson's that Pauli's legacy holds for progressive struggle in the 21st century.
Moderated by Dr. Antonia Randolph, Assistant Professor of American Studies at the University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill.
The Pauli Murray Center is a nationally significant history site, anchored by Pauli Murray’s childhood home built by her grandparents in 1898 at 906 Carroll Street in Durham, North Carolina. By connecting history to contemporary human rights issues, the Pauli Murray Center activates visitors of all ages to stand up for peace, equity and justice.
Video edited by Charmaine McKissick-Melton Communications Fellow Andy Kavul, from North Carolina Central University.








![tgiFHI with Beverly McIver | “A Promise is a Promise: Loving and Caring for Renee”
Learn more about tgiFHI here: https://fhi.duke.edu/engagement/tgifhi/
“A Promise is a Promise: Loving and Caring for Renee”
Abstract: My talk is inspired by a promise I made to my mom that I would care for my mentally disabled sister, Renee. When my mom died twelve years ago, I became Renees legal guardian. Ive been caring for Renee and recently had to move Renee to assisted living. Ill discuss the importance of keeping a promise, the ups and downs of caretaking and juggling a career as an artist and professor. I will also show a short trailer of the HBO documentary that was made about me and Renee. The filmmakers followed me and Renee for 5 years in order to create Raising Renee. Raising Renee was nominated for an Emmy and was selected and shown at [the Full Frame Documentary Film Festival] 12 years ago.
Beverly McIver is Professor of the Practice of Art in the Department of Art, Art History, and Visual Studies at Duke University.
Watch the trailer for Raising Renee here: https://youtu.be/7bTePE7Pj7c?feature=shared
tgiFHI is a weekly series that gives Duke faculty in the humanities, interpretive social sciences and arts the opportunity to present their current research to their departmental and interdepartmental colleagues, students, and other interlocutors in their fields.
tgiFHI events take place from 9:30–11:00 a.m. on Friday mornings in the Ahmadieh Family Lecture Hall (C105, Bay 4, Smith Warehouse). Our director introduces at the speaker at 9:30 a.m., and the speaker gives a talk of about 45–50 minutes. We then open the floor for discussion, and close at 11:00 a.m. tgiFHI with Beverly McIver | “A Promise is a Promise: Loving and Caring for Renee”](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/uy33Gy8TE3A/mqdefault.jpg)

