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Wesley Hogan

Research Professor of the John Hope Franklin Humanities Institute
John Hope Franklin Humanities Institute
114 S Buchanan Blvd Bay 5, Box 90403, Durham, NC 27708

Research Interests


youth social movements, civil rights/Black Power, Movement for Black Lives, oral history, reproductive care in the Americas, 1100 CE to present, movements for reproductive justice

Selected Grants


Our Story. Our Terms: Documenting Movement Building from the Inside Out

Public ServiceCo-Principal Investigator · Awarded by Andrew W. Mellon Foundation · 2021 - 2026

SNCC and Grassroots Organizing: Building a More Perfect Union

Public ServicePrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Endowment for the Humanities · 2023 - 2025

The Civil Rights Movement: Grassroots Perspectives (1940-1980)

Public ServiceCo-Principal Investigator · Awarded by National Endowment for the Humanities · 2019 - 2021

Documentary Diversity Project

Public ServiceCo-Principal Investigator · Awarded by William R. Kenan, Jr. Charitable Trust · 2017 - 2020

Voting Rights and the Expansion of Democracy in America: Who Made Possible One Person, One Vote

ResearchCo-Director · Awarded by National Endowment for the Humanities · 2017 - 2020

Challenging the Master Narrative of the Civil Rights Movement

Public ServiceScholar · Awarded by National Endowment for the Humanities · 2017 - 2019

Fellowships, Gifts, and Supported Research


Reckoning with Race, Racism, and the History of the American South Initiative: Collecting Oral Histories of Environmental Racism and Injustice in the American South · 2021 Co-Lead · Awarded by: Duke Office of the Provost https://facultyadvancement.duke.edu/new-faculty-research-explore-race-south-diverse-angles
Toolkit for Equity: Curricula and Climate in the Documentary Arts · April 2020 - April 2021 Awarded by: Office of the Vice Provost for Faculty Advancement · $20,000.00