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great work of strengthening the body of Christ through critical reflection, dialogue, and practice that is propelled by the prophetic witness of Black Church traditions.</p> <p>OBCS supports the theological formation of all students who are informed and inspired by the rich history and traditions of the Black Church. It supports the work of the faculty, especially those teaching and administering courses in black church studies, and advises black seminarians and prospective students who are interested in the intersection of race, faith, and Christian witness.</p> </div><div class="field-collection-container clearfix"><div class="featured-person"><div class="field-collection-view clearfix view-mode-full field-collection-view-final"><div class="panel-layout-featured-person clearfix panel-display">  <div class="region-content-wrapper"> <div class="section group panel-panel"> <div class="col span_1_of_2 a"> <div class="field field--name-field-image field--type-image field--label-hidden"><div class="field__items"><div class="field__item even"><img typeof="foaf:Image" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20160209043550im_/http://divinity.duke.edu/sites/divinity.duke.edu/files/styles/featured_person_photo/public/images/people/EMT-new-b.jpg?itok=V9Zx1ZUn" width="225" height="338" alt="Eboni Marshall Turman"/></div></div></div> </div> <div class="col span_2_of_2 b"> <div class="featured-person-quote">The OBCS is intentional in its efforts to affirm and assist students as they discern the call to minister in Afro-ecclesial contexts, and as they navigate the challenges and triumphs of theological education. In addition to offering support for students of African descent across ecumenical boundaries, the OBCS endeavors to foster an appreciation for the epistemic and prophetic distinctiveness of black religious experience through the development of culturally significant curriculum, broad field education networks, events, and other learning opportunities.</div><div class="featured-person-credit">Eboni Marshall Turman, director of the Office of Black Church Studies and assistant research professor of theological ethics and black church studies</div><div class="cta"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20160209043550/http://divinity.duke.edu/faculty/eboni-marshall-turman">More About Professor Marshall Turman</a></div> </div> </div> </div>  </div></div></div></div><div class="field-collection-container clearfix"><div class="feature-standard-single-item"><div class="featured-item"><div class="field-collection-view clearfix view-mode-full"><div about="/field-collection/field-page-featured-content/297" typeof="" class="ds-1col entity entity-field-collection-item field-collection-item-field-page-featured-content view-mode-full clearfix"> <div class="field field--name-field-image field--type-image field--label-hidden"><div class="field__items"><div class="field__item even"><img typeof="foaf:Image" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20160209043550im_/http://divinity.duke.edu/sites/divinity.duke.edu/files/styles/standard_feature_item_photo_top/public/images/std-features/DSC00240.jpg?itok=l5Ts5LgN" alt="James Cone"/></div></div></div><div class="feature-content"><h3>Lecture Series</h3><div class="subtitle">Outstanding Preaching</div><div class="copy"><p>Fall and spring preaching and lecture series provide frequent opportunities to hear outstanding black preachers. The Gardner C. Taylor Lecture Series and the Martin Luther King, Jr. Lecture Series are sponsored by the Office of Black Church Studies in conjunction with the Black Seminarians Union and a local church. These lectures expose seminarians, faculty, staff, alumni, and local congregations to our nation's most outstanding African-American preachers. The Pauli Murray/Nannie Helen Burroughs Lecture is intended to feature women theologians and religious scholars whose work and ministry emphasize the critical intersections of race, gender, and class, as they relate to the transformative uplift of church and society.</p> </div><div class="cta"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20160209043550/http://divinity.duke.edu/events/black-church-studies">View Calendar</a></div></div></div> </div></div><div class="featured-item"><div class="field-collection-view clearfix view-mode-full field-collection-view-final"><div about="/field-collection/field-page-featured-content/298" typeof="" class="ds-1col entity entity-field-collection-item field-collection-item-field-page-featured-content view-mode-full clearfix"> <div class="field field--name-field-image field--type-image field--label-hidden"><div class="field__items"><div class="field__item even"><img typeof="foaf:Image" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20160209043550im_/http://divinity.duke.edu/sites/divinity.duke.edu/files/styles/standard_feature_item_photo_top/public/images/std-features/172314_litany028.jpg?itok=nTD7h5Z9" alt="Litany, Lament, and Liberation event"/></div></div></div><div class="feature-content"><h3>Black Seminarians Union</h3><div class="subtitle">Theological Perspectives on the Black Church</div><div class="copy"><p>The Black Seminarians Union is a student group that works to develop theological perspectives that are relevant to the needs of black seminarians and the black church. Its goal is to improve the quality of life theologically, academically, spiritually, politically, and socially for the entire Divinity School community.</p> </div><div class="cta"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20160209043550/http://divinity.duke.edu/for-students/student-council">Student Groups</a></div></div></div> </div></div></div></div><div class="events-wrapper"><div class="view view-events-views view-id-events_views view-display-id-events_eva_basic_page view-dom-id-5bd4a20aec78b3ea264769a5616e8675"> <div class="view-header"> <div class="view view-events-views view-id-events_views view-display-id-events_heading_copy view-dom-id-3cd2fe949f508d4f1ebfec3255eb0314"> <div class="view-content"> <div class="views-row views-row-1 views-row-odd views-row-first views-row-last"> <div> <h3>Black Church Studies Events</h3> </div> <div> <div class="copy"><p>Join us for lectures, workshops, worship, and more.</p> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="view-content"> <div class="views-row views-row-1 views-row-odd views-row-first"> <div class="views-field views-field-nothing"> <span class="field-content"><div class="event-wrapper"> <div class="event-title"><a href="/web/20160209043550/http://divinity.duke.edu/events/worship-service-james-ballard-preaching-sankofa-preaching-series">Worship Service with James Ballard Preaching in Sankofa Preaching Series</a></div> <div class="event-date"><span class="date-display-single">Tuesday, February 9, 2016 - <div class="date-display-range"><span class="date-display-start" property="dc:date" datatype="xsd:dateTime" content="2016-02-09T11:25:00-05:00">11:25am</span> to <span class="date-display-end" property="dc:date" datatype="xsd:dateTime" content="2016-02-09T12:15:00-05:00">12:15pm</span></div></span></div> </div></span> </div> </div> <div class="views-row views-row-2 views-row-even"> <div class="views-field views-field-nothing"> <span class="field-content"><div class="event-wrapper"> <div class="event-title"><a href="/web/20160209043550/http://divinity.duke.edu/events/reflections-charleston-conversation-faith-and-race">Reflections on Charleston: A Conversation on Faith and Race</a></div> <div class="event-date"><span class="date-display-single" property="dc:date" datatype="xsd:dateTime" content="2016-02-09T19:00:00-05:00">Tuesday, February 9, 2016 - 7:00pm</span></div> </div></span> </div> </div> <div class="views-row views-row-3 views-row-odd views-row-last"> <div class="views-field views-field-nothing"> <span class="field-content"><div class="event-wrapper"> <div class="event-title"><a href="/web/20160209043550/http://divinity.duke.edu/events/race-faith-dialogues-lecture-derek-hicks">'Race & Faith Dialogues' Lecture with Derek Hicks</a></div> <div class="event-date"><span class="date-display-single">Monday, February 22, 2016 - <div class="date-display-range"><span class="date-display-start" property="dc:date" datatype="xsd:dateTime" content="2016-02-22T12:30:00-05:00">12:30pm</span> to <span class="date-display-end" property="dc:date" datatype="xsd:dateTime" content="2016-02-22T13:30:00-05:00">1:30pm</span></div></span></div> </div></span> </div> </div> </div> <div class="view-footer"> <div class="view view-events-views view-id-events_views view-display-id-page_events_more_link view-dom-id-6cd4feb626f55f371acba0dc5aee1ba1"> <div class="view-content"> <div class="views-row views-row-1 views-row-odd views-row-first views-row-last"> <div class="views-field views-field-field-more-events-link"> <div class="field-content"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20160209043550/http://divinity.duke.edu/events/black-church-studies">More Black Church Studies Events</a></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div><div class="news-wrapper"><div class="view view-news-views view-id-news_views view-display-id-news_eva view-dom-id-338e084651c428f1e1edc3a9bfe88352"> <div class="view-header"> <div class="view view-news-views view-id-news_views view-display-id-page_news_heading view-dom-id-f722fb296d8252a0569e902b87108a3b"> <div class="view-content"> <div class="views-row views-row-1 views-row-odd views-row-first views-row-last"> <div class="views-field views-field-field-news-heading"> <h3 class="field-content">Latest News</h3> </div> <div class="views-field views-field-field-news-copy"> <div class="field-content copy">Stay updated on the latest news from the Office of Black Church Studies.</div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="view-content"> <div class="owl-carousel-news_eva5"><div class="item-0"> <div class="views-field views-field-nothing"> <span class="field-content"><div class="news-item"> <div class="news-image-thumb"><img typeof="foaf:Image" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20160209043550im_/http://divinity.duke.edu/sites/divinity.duke.edu/files/styles/news_photo_thumbnail/public/images/news/harveypic.jpg?itok=J2S_ZLre" alt=""/></div> <div class="news-title"><a href="/web/20160209043550/http://divinity.duke.edu/news/race-faith-dialogue-video-available">Race & Faith Dialogue Video Available</a></div> <div class="news-teaser"><p>Professor Jennifer Harvey spoke on “Dear White Christians: So Now What?”</p> </div> </div></span> </div></div><div class="item-1"> <div class="views-field views-field-nothing"> <span class="field-content"><div class="news-item"> <div class="news-image-thumb"><img typeof="foaf:Image" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20160209043550im_/http://divinity.duke.edu/sites/divinity.duke.edu/files/styles/news_photo_thumbnail/public/images/news/james-cone.jpg?itok=F4SvdDUA" alt=""/></div> <div class="news-title"><a href="/web/20160209043550/http://divinity.duke.edu/news/mlk-lectures-march-31-april-1">MLK Lectures March 31-April 1</a></div> <div class="news-teaser"><p>The guest lecturer for 2015 was James H. Cone.</p> </div> </div></span> </div></div><div class="item-2"> <div class="views-field views-field-nothing"> <span class="field-content"><div class="news-item"> <div class="news-image-thumb"><img typeof="foaf:Image" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20160209043550im_/http://divinity.duke.edu/sites/divinity.duke.edu/files/styles/news_photo_thumbnail/public/sankofa4-600.jpg?itok=DTFH4D30" alt=""/></div> <div class="news-title"><a href="/web/20160209043550/http://divinity.duke.edu/news/2015-sankofa-black-alumni-preaching-series">2015 Sankofa Black Alumni Preaching Series</a></div> <div class="news-teaser"><p>Every Tuesday in February, the Divinity School celebrated the distinct contributions of the school’s alumni of African descent.</p> </div> </div></span> </div></div></div> </div> <div class="view-footer"> <div class="view view-news-views view-id-news_views view-display-id-news_more_link view-dom-id-65a8a1655da00b6da79ec6e555ea95ea"> <div class="view-content"> <div> <div class="views-field views-field-field-more-news-link"> <div class="field-content"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20160209043550/http://divinity.duke.edu/news/black-church-studies">More Black Church Studies News</a></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div><div class="field-collection-container clearfix"><div class="feature-standard-single-item"><div class="featured-item"><div class="field-collection-view clearfix view-mode-full field-collection-view-final"><div about="/field-collection/field-video-photo/299" typeof="" class="ds-1col entity entity-field-collection-item field-collection-item-field-video-photo view-mode-full clearfix"> <div class="field field--name-field-video field--type-video-embed-field field--label-hidden"><div class="field__items"><div class="field__item even"> <div class="embedded-video"> <div class="player"> <iframe class="video-player-large" width="855" height="481" src="//web.archive.org/web/20160209043550if_/http://www.youtube.com/embed/8bBzQa4w5r0?width%3D855%26amp%3Bheight%3D481%26amp%3Btheme%3Ddark%26amp%3Bautoplay%3D0%26amp%3Bvq%3Dhd720%26amp%3Brel%3D0%26amp%3Bshowinfo%3D0%26amp%3Bmodestbranding%3D0%26amp%3Biv_load_policy%3D3%26amp%3Bcontrols%3D1%26amp%3Bautohide%3D2%26amp%3Bwmode%3Dopaque" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe> </div> </div> </div></div></div><div class="feature-content"><h3>Litany, Lament, and Liberation</h3><div class="copy"><p>Duke Divinity School, led by the Office of Black Church Studies, held a community worship service of “Litany, Lament and Liberation” focusing on the recent tragedies in Ferguson, Mo., New York City, and others across the nation.</p> </div></div></div> </div></div></div></div><div class="field-collection-container clearfix"><div class="visual-sub-section"><div class="field-collection-view clearfix view-mode-full"><div about="/field-collection/field-visual-sub-section/300" typeof="" class="ds-1col entity entity-field-collection-item field-collection-item-field-visual-sub-section view-mode-full clearfix"> <div class="subsection-wrapper"><div class="title">Course Offerings</div><div class="copy"><p>Duke Divinity School is the first school in the nation to have a course requirement in black church studies for all of its M.Div. students. The school also offers courses open to all its master's and doctoral students.</p> <p>Black church studies is an intensely interdisciplinary, ecumenical, and intellectually inclusive endeavor. The faculty members who teach courses in black church studies are not simply faculty of African descent but also include other Divinity School faculty members with interests that intersect this interdisciplinary field. This includes faculty members with primary research interests in history, biblical studies, theology, ethics, spirituality, congregational studies, pastoral theology, preaching, sociology of religion, and postcolonial/de-colonial studies.</p> <p>Here is just a sample of the courses offered on a rotating basis by the Divinity School related to the Black Church:</p> <ul><li>Theology in the Black Church Traditions</li> <li>The Black Church in America</li> <li>Christian Identity and the Formation of the Racial World</li> <li>The Life and Thought of Martin Luther King, Jr.</li> <li>Suffering, Evil, and Redemption in Black Theology</li> <li>Introduction to Womanist Theology</li> <li>Womanist Theological Ethics</li> <li>Black Women, Womanist Thought, and the Church</li> <li>Theology and the Black Activist Tradition</li> <li>Christianity, Race, and the American Nation</li> <li>Deep River: Howard Thurman, Spirituality, and the Prophetic Life</li> <li>African Americans and the Bible</li> <li>The Most Segregated Hour: Churches, Race, Caste, and Class</li> </ul></div></div></div> </div><div class="field-collection-view clearfix view-mode-full"><div about="/field-collection/field-visual-sub-section/301" typeof="" class="ds-1col entity entity-field-collection-item field-collection-item-field-visual-sub-section view-mode-full clearfix"> <div class="subsection-wrapper"><div class="title">Faculty & Staff</div><div class="copy"><p><strong>Faculty</strong></p> <ul><li><a href="/web/20160209043550/http://divinity.duke.edu/faculty/esther-acolatse">Esther Acolatse</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20160209043550/http://divinity.duke.edu/faculty/j-kameron-carter">J. Kameron Carter</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20160209043550/http://divinity.duke.edu/faculty/valerie-cooper">Valerie Cooper</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20160209043550/http://divinity.duke.edu/faculty/eboni-marshall-turman">Eboni Marshall Turman</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20160209043550/http://divinity.duke.edu/faculty/luke-powery">Luke Powery</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20160209043550/http://divinity.duke.edu/faculty/richard-payne">Richard Payne</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20160209043550/http://divinity.duke.edu/faculty/william-turner">William Turner Jr.</a></li> </ul><p><strong>Affiliated Faculty</strong></p> <ul><li><a href="/web/20160209043550/http://divinity.duke.edu/faculty/mary-mcclintock-fulkerson">Mary McClintock Fulkerson</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20160209043550/http://divinity.duke.edu/faculty/amy-laura-hall">Amy Laura Hall</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20160209043550/http://divinity.duke.edu/faculty/richard-lischer">Richard Lischer</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20160209043550/http://divinity.duke.edu/faculty/lauren-winner">Lauren Winner</a></li> </ul><p><strong>Staff</strong></p> <ul><li><a href="/web/20160209043550/http://divinity.duke.edu/faculty/eboni-marshall-turman">Eboni Marshall Turman</a>, director</li> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20160209043550/mailto:sliburd@div.duke.edu">Shanielle Liburd</a>, staff assistant</li> </ul></div></div></div> </div><div class="field-collection-view clearfix view-mode-full field-collection-view-final"><div about="/field-collection/field-visual-sub-section/302" typeof="" class="ds-1col entity entity-field-collection-item field-collection-item-field-visual-sub-section view-mode-full clearfix"> <div class="subsection-wrapper"><div class="title">Alumni Spotlight</div><div class="copy"><p>Courses and formational opportunities available through OBCS prepare Duke Divinity School alumni for leadership roles in congregations and organizations around the country and world:</p> <p><figure class="image" style="float:right"><img alt="Vandiver" height="184" src="/web/20160209043550im_/http://divinity.duke.edu/sites/divinity.duke.edu/files/images/bcs/Vandiver-b.jpg" width="125"/><br/><figcaption>Vandiver</figcaption><br/></figure></p> <p><strong>Kevin Vandiver</strong>, M.Div. ’14 currently serves as the director of youth and young adults at The Riverside Church in New York City.</p> <p><strong>Rev. Racquel Gill</strong>, M.Div. ’15 currently serves as the Lily Pastor-In-Residence at the St. Paul Community Baptist Church in Brooklyn, N.Y. </p> <p><strong>Rev. Raymonda R. Speller</strong>, M.Div. ‘12 is pastor of the Community Congregational United Church of Christ in Montgomery, Ala.</p> <p><strong>Rev. Courtney Bryant</strong> is a doctoral candidate in religion at Vanderbilt University, where as a burgeoning womanist scholar she seeks to construct liberating Christian ethics of the erotic. Her work focuses on the racial, gender and sexual politics of embodiment and the role of encounter and the erotic in the work of liberation.</p> </div></div></div> </div></div></div><div class="photo-gallery-wrapper"><h2>Black Church Studies in Photos</h2><div class="copy"><p>The Office of Black Church Studies hosts numerous events, workshops, and worship services throughout the year.</p> </div><div class="gallery-grid"><div class="gallery-grid-image"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20160209043550/http://divinity.duke.edu/sites/divinity.duke.edu/files/styles/photo_gallery_full_size/public/images/photo-galleries/172314_litany004_0.jpg?itok=76uvnfx2" title="Eboni Marshall Turman addresses the congregation during the service of Litany, Lament, and Liberation." class="colorbox" rel="gallery-field_photo_gallery_image-ZnZA-xDf2ZA"><img typeof="foaf:Image" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20160209043550im_/http://divinity.duke.edu/sites/divinity.duke.edu/files/styles/photo_gallery_grid_thumbnail/public/images/photo-galleries/172314_litany004_0.jpg?itok=CDxo6HUD" alt="Eboni Marshall Turman addresses the congregation during the service of Litany, Lament, and Liberation." title=""/></a></div><div class="gallery-grid-image"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20160209043550/http://divinity.duke.edu/sites/divinity.duke.edu/files/styles/photo_gallery_full_size/public/images/photo-galleries/DSC00274-b.jpg?itok=r5zcq8Yz" title="Eboni Marshall Turman, James Cone, and Raphael Warnock at the annual Martin Luther King Jr. Lecture Series." class="colorbox" rel="gallery-field_photo_gallery_image-ZnZA-xDf2ZA"><img typeof="foaf:Image" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20160209043550im_/http://divinity.duke.edu/sites/divinity.duke.edu/files/styles/photo_gallery_grid_thumbnail/public/images/photo-galleries/DSC00274-b.jpg?itok=MfjfdNpz" alt="Eboni Marshall Turman, James Cone, and Raphael Warnock at the annual Martin Luther King Jr. Lecture Series." title=""/></a></div><div class="gallery-grid-image"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20160209043550/http://divinity.duke.edu/sites/divinity.duke.edu/files/styles/photo_gallery_full_size/public/images/photo-galleries/warnock.JPG?itok=Hcn5U4Ny" title="Rev. Raphael Warnock preaches at the Martin Luther King Jr. Lecture Series." class="colorbox" rel="gallery-field_photo_gallery_image-ZnZA-xDf2ZA"><img typeof="foaf:Image" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20160209043550im_/http://divinity.duke.edu/sites/divinity.duke.edu/files/styles/photo_gallery_grid_thumbnail/public/images/photo-galleries/warnock.JPG?itok=k8JEdk9x" alt="Rev. Raphael Warnock preaches at the Martin Luther King Jr. Lecture Series." title=""/></a></div><div class="gallery-grid-image"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20160209043550/http://divinity.duke.edu/sites/divinity.duke.edu/files/styles/photo_gallery_full_size/public/images/photo-galleries/172314_litany022.jpg?itok=D0ZSUS3S" title="A service of Litany, Lament, and Liberation focusing on tragedies in Ferguson, Mo., New York City, and others across the nation." class="colorbox" rel="gallery-field_photo_gallery_image-ZnZA-xDf2ZA"><img typeof="foaf:Image" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20160209043550im_/http://divinity.duke.edu/sites/divinity.duke.edu/files/styles/photo_gallery_grid_thumbnail/public/images/photo-galleries/172314_litany022.jpg?itok=uQjsWciA" alt="A service of Litany, Lament, and Liberation focusing on tragedies in Ferguson, Mo., New York City, and others across the nation." title=""/></a></div><div class="gallery-grid-image"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20160209043550/http://divinity.duke.edu/sites/divinity.duke.edu/files/styles/photo_gallery_full_size/public/images/photo-galleries/172314_litany046.jpg?itok=zs_RQXTO" title="Fatimah Salleh M.Div. ’15 preaches in Goodson Chapel." class="colorbox" rel="gallery-field_photo_gallery_image-ZnZA-xDf2ZA"><img typeof="foaf:Image" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20160209043550im_/http://divinity.duke.edu/sites/divinity.duke.edu/files/styles/photo_gallery_grid_thumbnail/public/images/photo-galleries/172314_litany046.jpg?itok=cnj2rWXz" alt="Fatimah Salleh M.Div. ’15 preaches in Goodson Chapel." title=""/></a></div><div class="gallery-grid-image"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20160209043550/http://divinity.duke.edu/sites/divinity.duke.edu/files/styles/photo_gallery_full_size/public/images/photo-galleries/164113_african_american_alumni001.jpg?itok=BSaE_j7c" title="OBCS alumni frequently attend events at the Divinity School." class="colorbox" rel="gallery-field_photo_gallery_image-ZnZA-xDf2ZA"><img typeof="foaf:Image" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20160209043550im_/http://divinity.duke.edu/sites/divinity.duke.edu/files/styles/photo_gallery_grid_thumbnail/public/images/photo-galleries/164113_african_american_alumni001.jpg?itok=7cQiZ853" alt="OBCS alumni frequently attend events at the Divinity School." title=""/></a></div><div class="gallery-grid-image"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20160209043550/http://divinity.duke.edu/sites/divinity.duke.edu/files/styles/photo_gallery_full_size/public/images/photo-galleries/164113_african_american_alumni016_0.jpg?itok=6ylkaRMM" title="A worship service for alumni and community members in Goodson Chapel" class="colorbox" rel="gallery-field_photo_gallery_image-ZnZA-xDf2ZA"><img typeof="foaf:Image" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20160209043550im_/http://divinity.duke.edu/sites/divinity.duke.edu/files/styles/photo_gallery_grid_thumbnail/public/images/photo-galleries/164113_african_american_alumni016_0.jpg?itok=422N94B-" alt="A worship service for alumni and community members in Goodson Chapel" title=""/></a></div><div class="gallery-grid-image"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20160209043550/http://divinity.duke.edu/sites/divinity.duke.edu/files/styles/photo_gallery_full_size/public/images/photo-galleries/164113_african_american_alumni033.jpg?itok=zXFfGjEg" title="Reverend Martha Simmons preaches in Goodson Chapel." class="colorbox" rel="gallery-field_photo_gallery_image-ZnZA-xDf2ZA"><img typeof="foaf:Image" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20160209043550im_/http://divinity.duke.edu/sites/divinity.duke.edu/files/styles/photo_gallery_grid_thumbnail/public/images/photo-galleries/164113_african_american_alumni033.jpg?itok=-ZZVpYnt" alt="Reverend Martha Simmons preaches in Goodson Chapel." title=""/></a></div><div class="gallery-grid-image"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20160209043550/http://divinity.duke.edu/sites/divinity.duke.edu/files/styles/photo_gallery_full_size/public/images/photo-galleries/164113_african_american_alumni025.jpg?itok=uuMBsH9G" title="Worship in Goodson Chapel" class="colorbox" rel="gallery-field_photo_gallery_image-ZnZA-xDf2ZA"><img typeof="foaf:Image" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20160209043550im_/http://divinity.duke.edu/sites/divinity.duke.edu/files/styles/photo_gallery_grid_thumbnail/public/images/photo-galleries/164113_african_american_alumni025.jpg?itok=8CZi9Lzn" alt="Worship in Goodson Chapel" title=""/></a></div></div><div class="mobile-gallery-carousel"><div class="view view-basic-page-views view-id-basic_page_views view-display-id-mobile_gallery_carousel view-dom-id-3ae0768d860e288a27db5b82e26ebdb1"> <div class="view-content"> <div class="owl-carousel-mobile_gallery_carousel8"><div class="item-0"> <div 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