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3 unusual facts about Group of 88


Anne Allison

Allison was a leading faculty figure during the Duke lacrosse case She is noted for being among the “Group of 88” Duke professors and faculty who published an ad condemning the Duke lacrosse team, three of whose members were falsely accused of rape but ultimately found innocent.

Grant Farred

Farred was one of the most outspoken members of the so-called “Group of 88,” a group of 88 professors at Duke who signed an advertisement in the Duke student newspaper, The Chronicle, shortly after white members of the university's lacrosse team were charged with raping a black woman on the night of March 13, 2006.

Houston A. Baker, Jr.

During the 2006 Duke University lacrosse case, Baker (among other members of the so-called "Group of 88") published an open letter calling for Duke to dismiss the team and its players.



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