Years of protests, negotiation and advocacy culminated in black students at Duke
University taking over the first floor of an administrative building in 1969.
One of this year’s Nobel Prize winners completed much of his award-winning work
at Duke University. George P. Smith was one of three scientists to be awarded
the 2018 Nobel Prize in Chemistry.
Ask anyone who grew up in Memphis between 1976 and 2005 about Libertyland, and
they will have a memory to share. The amusement park holds a spot in the lore of
the city.