Rev. Dr. Benjamin F. Chavis Jr. in conversation with Catherine Coleman Flowers. Moderator: Cameron Oglesby.

This event, recorded Sept. 15 2022, commemorates the 40th anniversary of the Warren County protests in North Carolina. The nonviolent protests in 1982 surrounded the state’s disposal of soil laced with PCBs in the predominately Black community. The protests were considered among the earliest for environmental justice in the United States.

The Robert R. Wilson Distinguished Lecture features the Rev. Dr. Benjamin F. Chavis, Jr., who is credited for coining the term “environmental racism,” which he declared from his prison cell after being arrested during the protests. Chavis will be joined in conversation by Catherine Coleman Flowers, activist and recent McArthur Genius Grant awardee.

Event partners include the Sanford School of Public Policy, the Nicholas School of the Environment and the Duke Human Rights Center at the Franklin Humanities Institute. In addition to the Wilson Distinguished Lecture support, this event is also supported by the Reckoning with Race and Racism in the American South grant and the Environmental Law and Policy Clinic. This event is a part of a larger series of lectures and celebrations of environmental justice this fall at Duke University.

WATCH: Rev. Dr. Benjamin F. Chavis Jr. Speaks On Warren County PCB Protest, Origin and Future of Environmental Justice Movement

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After a 40+ year run as Head Coach of the Duke basketball team that garnered five national titles, 13 Final Fours, 15 ACC tournament championships, and 13 ACC regular season titles, Coach Mike “Coach K” Krzyzewski may have retired in the most touching and adorable way.

In a recent News & Observer interview, Coach K shared that upon retirement, after the loss of his 12-year old Lab last summer, he wanted to “get another dog, quickly.”

Well, ask and you shall receive.

Before his final goodbye and parting ways with his beloved fans last Thursday (April 14), his Duke University family presented him with an eight-week-old silver Labrador puppy.

And as one can see in the video below, they were thrilled to meet each other.

WATCH THE MOMENT WHEN COACH K RECEIVED HIS RETIREMENT GIFT:

But, what does this have to do with Warren County?

The precious pup that we now know has been bestowed with the fitting name of “Coach” came from Lindy’s Labs, a family-owned kennel located right here in Norlina!

Launched in 2014, Lindy’s Labs is a small hobby breeder and the husband and wife team takes pride in “raising quality dilute and dilute factored AKC Labrador Retrievers to find them loving, forever homes.”

“It’s definitely exciting,” Lindy’s Labs owner Lindy Capps stated. “Getting the updates from them that they are all so excited and love having him as a new addition makes it even better and sweeter.”

For more information about Lindy’s Labs and to secure a pup on your own, visit LindysLabs.com.

Congratulations, Coach K on your retirement!

Coach K received a labrador for his retirement gift. // Duke University

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