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The Human Rights Archive is part of the David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library.  Its mission is to identify, collect, and provide access to materials generated by organizations and individuals working within and having significant impact on the field of human rights. Working in close partnership with the Duke Center for Human Rights, the archive is a key component of Duke University's commitment to social justice, social equality, and social responsibility.

Exhibits

Recent Acquisitions

Feburary 2011

The Human Rights Archive has received the Jomo Joka Omowale Papers. Jomo Joka Omowale, born as Cleveland McKinley Davis and also known as Eric Thompson, is a parolee in North Carolina who spent much of his life imprisoned in New York and Virginia. He was a leader of the Attica prison riot in 1971.

March 2011

The Human Rights Archive will partner with Ipas to preserve this organization's historical records. Ipas works around the world to increase women's ability to exercise their sexual and reproductive rights, especially the right to safe abortion. The collection will be shipped and processed in sections throughtout the 2011 calendar year. the Ipas records were acquired jointly with the Sallie Bingham Center for Women's History and Culture.