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SUMMARY:The Tower and the Town: Celebrating Dr. Moore's Civic Imagination
DESCRIPTION:Location: Provident1898\, Skylight Room & Lounge\nNC Mutual 
 Tower\n411 W. Chapel Hill St.\, Durham\, NC 27701\n\nProgram: Set in the 
 historic NC Mutual Tower—an enduring symbol of Black enterprise and 
 community vision—this evening program honors the civic imagination and 
 philanthropic leadership of Dr. Aaron McDuffie Moore. As a founder and 
 champion of institutions that shaped Durham’s Black Wall Street\, Dr. 
 Moore helped build the social\, economic\, and cultural foundations that 
 continue to define the city’s identity today.\n\nThis community-focused 
 event invites attendees to reflect on Moore’s legacy through dialogue 
 with historians\, descendants\, and scholars who illuminate the impact of 
 his work on health\, education\, and civic life. Panelists will consider 
 how the institutions he helped establish continue to influence Durham’s 
 development and how his commitments to service and equity resonate across 
 generations.\n\nPanelists\n\nDescendants of Dr. Moore and leaders in their 
 fields\n\n\n	C. Eileen Watts Welch\, President\, Durham Colored Library\, 
 Inc. and the Leader of the Aaron McDuffie Moore Biography Project\n	Blake 
 Hill-Saya\, CEO\, Tenacity Communications\; Author of the Aaron McDuffie 
 Moore biography -  titled Aaron McDuffie Moore: An African American 
 Physician\, Educator\, and Founder of Durham’s Black Wall Street\, 
 Published 2020 by UNC Press\n	Brandi Sansom Glover\, Duke Alum ’06\; 
 Board Member\, Durham Colored Library\, Inc.\, experienced non-profit 
 leader in the arts and community leadership arena.  \n\n\nChair of the 
 Department of History at North Carolina Central University\n\n\n	Charles D. 
 Johnson\, PhD.  -  Associate Professor of History\, North Carolina Central 
 University who specializes in Public History in the Global African 
 Diaspora.\n\n\nModerator\n\nStelfanie Williams\, EdD — Vice President\, 
 Duke Community Affairs\n\n
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ORGANIZER;CN="Hill Bethany":MAILTO:bethany.hill@duke.edu
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CONTACT;CN="Hill Bethany":MAILTO:bethany.hill@duke.edu
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URL:https://duke.libcal.com/calendar/events/towerandthetown
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