Campaigns emerge to address racism at Duke
(03/27/15 11:04am)
In social media campaigns and in physical spaces on campus, some students are calling to change the way issues of race are recognized and addressed at Duke.
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In social media campaigns and in physical spaces on campus, some students are calling to change the way issues of race are recognized and addressed at Duke.
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Raffi Williams, deputy press secretary of the Republican National Committee, was on campus Tuesday. The Chronicle's Jenna Zhang sat down with Williams to speak about the race for North Carolina's senate seat and its implications.