Amsterdam News has been reporting the news of the day from a Black perspective for 113 years. Donors who choose to give monthly or annually will receive Amsterdam News’ Weekly E-Edition and acclaimed weekday newsletter Editorially Black to their inbox!Junior Christina Barrow looks forward to more memorable moments with the Duke volleyball team.
With the spring semester concluded, Duke University rising junior Christina Barrow is home with family while continuing to train in anticipation of returning to campus and preparing for the upcoming season. Volleyball is a fall sport and intercollegiate competition begins before the fall semester even starts.
“African American history will try to be rewritten and taken away, and this is one way we’re trying to preserve it,” said Barrow, who is studying political science, psychology and African and African American Studies at Duke. “Honestly, the application process was really cool because in one of the essays you had to write how you found yourself when using HistoryMakers.”