Duke University will rename its central quadrangle after Julian Abele, the African American architect who designed much of the Gothic campus, including Duke Chapel. The renaming, approved by trustees ...

Thousands of faculty, staff, students, alumni and family members walked across Duke University's West Campus over the weekend during Duke’s homecoming. Just days ago, Duke's Main Quad was officially ...

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Despite attacks on African-Americans during the Jim Crow era, one black man quietly made a footprint that became one of the biggest icons in North Carolina. Most people have not heard of Julian Abele, ...

Duke University has taken another step to honor the African-American architect who designed its campus. Because of the color of his skin, Julian Abele's accomplishments went unrecognized for decades.

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Julian Abele was the first African American to graduate from the University of Pennsylvania School of Architecture. Much of Abele’s professional career was spent with the architectural firm of Horace ...