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Lasting Legacy to the Carolinas

The Duke Endowment, 1924-1994

By: Robert Franklin Durden

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Lasting Legacy to the Carolinas

The Duke Endowment, 1924-1994

By: Robert Franklin Durden

Like the majority of the founders of large philanthropic foundations in the United States, James B. Duke assumed that the Duke Endowment, which he established in 1924, would continue its charitable activity forever. Lasting Legacy to the Carolinas is an examination of the history of this foundation and the ways in which it has--and has not--followed Duke's original design. In this volume, Robert F. Durden explores how the propriety of linking together a tax-free foundation and an investor-owned, profit-seeking business like the Duke Power Company has significantly changed over the course of the century. Explaining the implications of the Tax Reform Act of 1969 for J. B. Duke's dream, Durden shows how the philanthropist's plan to have the Duke Endowment virtually own and ultimately control Duke Power (which, in turn, would supply most of the Endowment's income) dissolved after the death of daughter Doris Duke in 1993, when the trustees of the Endowment finally had the unanimous votes needed to sever that tie. Although the Endowment's philanthropic projects--higher education (including Duke University), hospitals and health care, orphan and child care in both North and South Carolina, and the rural Methodist church in North Carolina--continue to be served, this study explains the impact of a century of political and social change on one man's innovative charitable intentions. It is also a testimony to the many staff members and trustees who have invested their own time and creative energies into further benefiting these causes, despite decades of inevitable challenges to the Endowment. This third volume of Durden's trilogy relating to the Dukes of Durham will inform not only those interested in the continuing legacy of this remarkable family but also those involved with philanthropic boards, charitable endowments, medical care, child-care institutions, the rural church, and higher education.

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Duke University Press

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0822321513

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9780822321514

LBJ and Grassroots Federalism

Congressman Bob Poage, Race, and Change in Texas

By: Robert H. Duke

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LBJ and Grassroots Federalism

Congressman Bob Poage, Race, and Change in Texas

By: Robert H. Duke

LBJ and Grassroots Federalism: Congressman Bob Poage, Race, and Change in Texas reveals the local ramifications of federal policy. Three case studies in the rising career of Lyndon B. Johnson show this in action: LBJ's formative experience as a New Dealer directing the National Youth Administration (NYA) in Texas; his key role as senate majority leader in breaking the deadlock to secure funds for the Lake Waco dam project; and the cumulative effect of his Great Society policies on urban renewal and educational reform among the Mexican American community in Waco. In each of these initiatives, Bob Poage—though far more politically conservative than Johnson—served as a conduit between LBJ and citizen activists in Poage’s congressional district, affirming the significance of grassroots engagement even during an era usually associated with centralization. Robert Harold Duke's careful analysis in LBJ and Grassroots Federalism also offers a unique insight into a transformational period when the federal government broke down barriers and opened doors to the engagement of African Americans and Mexican Americans in community planning processes and social policy.

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Texas A&M University Press

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162349172X

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9781623491727

The Dukes of Durham, 1865-1929

By: Robert Franklin Durden

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The Dukes of Durham, 1865-1929

By: Robert Franklin Durden

Chiefly a record of the life and descendants of Washington Duke. He was born 20 Dec 1820 to Taylor Duke and Dicey Jones. He married Mary Caroline Clinton in 1842. They were the parents of two children. She died in 1847. He married Artelia Toney in Dec 1852. They were the parents of three children. She died in 1858. He died 8 May 1905.

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Duke University Press

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082230743X

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9780822307433

Lao Tzu's Tao Te Ching

A Translation of the Startling New Documents Found at Guodian

By: Laozi,Robert G. Henricks

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Lao Tzu's Tao Te Ching

A Translation of the Startling New Documents Found at Guodian

By: Laozi,Robert G. Henricks

A revolutionary archaeological discovery--considered by some to be as momentous as the revelation of the Dead Sea Scrolls--sheds fascinating new light on one of the most important texts of ancient Chinese civilization.

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Columbia University Press

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Book's by Robert H. Duke

Lasting Legacy to the Carolinas

Lasting Legacy to the Carolinas

LBJ and Grassroots Federalism

LBJ and Grassroots Federalism

The Dukes of Durham, 1865-1929

The Dukes of Durham, 1865-1929

Lao Tzu's Tao Te Ching

Lao Tzu's Tao Te Ching

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