Peter Gabriel’s Biko

Peter Gabriel’s Biko

Bantu Stephen Biko (18 December 1946 – 12 September 1977) was a South African anti-apartheid activist. Ideologically an African nationalist and African socialist, he was at the forefront of a grassroots anti-apartheid campaign known as the Black Consciousness Movement during the late 1960s and 1970s. His ideas were articulated in a series of articles published under the pseudonym Frank Talk.

Each individual makes a difference

Each individual makes a difference

The volunteer, pictured above, arrived after working a 7 PM to 7 AM nursing shift at Duke Hospital. She said she could give us an hour. We were grateful. At the end of her shift, we learned that she was five days into life as a citizen of the United States of America. This was to her an important act of citizenship.