Black Lives in Archives Day: Spaulding, Merrick, Moore

Join Us For an Immersive Exhibition

Black Lives in Archives Day

Friday, April 10, 2026

11am-3pm

Gothic Reading Room, Rubenstein Library 2nd Floor

Join us for the 5th annual Black Lives in Archives Day. Visitors will be able to browse special selections from our collections by and about Black lives. Chat with Rubenstein Library staff and explore rare first edition books, published works exploring Black life in Durham, publications by Black students at Duke, and more!

DCL at Duke will present a special feature of materials on the Spaulding, Merrick, and Moore families including: Dr. Aaron McDuffie Moore's patient visiting book, 20th century photographs of Lincoln Hospital, and first editions of the Negro Braille Magazine. 

Free and open to the public.