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Basketball Trafficking: Stolen Black Panamanian Dreams

with author Javier Wallace

Date

Nov 12 2025

Time

10:00 am - 11:30 am

Location

Ahmadieh Family Lecture Hall

Bay 4 (C105), Smith Warehouse, 114 S Buchanan Blvd, Durham, NC 27701

Basketball Trafficking: Stolen Black Panamanian Dreams

Celebrating the publication of Professor Javier Wallace's New book


image of a dark outdoor basketball court with two goals, mostly in shadows but with a light shining in the center - book cover image for Basketball Trafficking


Join us as we come together in celebration of the publication of Professor Javier Wallace's new book with Duke University Press, Basketball Trafficking: Stolen Black Panamanian Dreams.

Professor Wallace will read from his book and discuss the hows and whys of his research. There will be time for Q & A with the audience.

At the conclusion of the program, books will be available for sale and for author signing. Thanks to our friends at Duke University Press and the Gothic Bookshop for their assistance.

Light refreshments will be available.

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Parking: We encourage Duke faculty, staff, and students to use Duke busses to come to Smith Warehouse. For off-campus friends, a map and general information about parking can be found here, thanks to our colleagues at DHRC @ FHI. There are paid visitor spaces in the Smith Warehouse parking lot at the corner of Maxwell St. and Buchanan Blvd. The meters are active 24/7, and the rate is $2/hr. Payment is through Duke Blue Spot. There is a scannable QR code on a sign at the entrance to the lot.

There also may be free on-street spaces on W. Pettigrew Street (which runs in front of the Center for Documentary Studies) and Wilkerson Avenue off of Buchanan Blvd. Both are a short walk from our space in Smith Warehouse.

Speakers

Javier Wallace

Duke University

Javier Wallace is the Race and Sport Postdoctoral Associate in the Program in Education at Duke University. He completed his Ph.D. at The University of Texas at Austin. Javier is a scholar, speaker, and founder working to uncover and amplify the undertold stories of Black athletes across the Americas. His…...

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