• The Whites-Only Immigration Regime: 1896–1952

    Karsh Alumni and Visitors Center 2080 Duke University Road, Durham

    Join the Center for Documentary Studies (CDS) for a public lecture by historian Kelly Lytle Hernández, the 2025-26 Nannerl Keohane Distinguished Visiting Professor at Duke and UNC-Chapel Hill. In "The Whites-Only Immigration Regime: 1896-1952," Hernández will discuss how, between 1896 and 1952, U.S. federal authorities built a whites-only immigration system that banned, blocked and punished […]