Denied Admission Because He’s Black, Civil Rights Leader Urges Duke Divinity to Confront its Past | Sojourners

Denied Admission Because He’s Black, Civil Rights Leader Urges Duke Divinity to Confront its Past

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More than 60 years ago, the divinity school denied him admission because he is black. Speaking at a service in Goodson Chapel, he asked: “What is it that God would have Duke Divinity School do in light of that history? For if one is not honest about that history, one can’t be fully present.”

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