Tag archive for ‘civil rights’

• Civil Rights Class is Hitting the Road This Mini-Term

  May 9, 2012

  The civil rights movement of the 1960s was started and perpetuated by college students who risked their safety and even their lives for the cause. History professor Cynthia Fleming is...

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  UT Junior Selected to Participate in PBS’ Student Freedom Ride

  April 7, 2011

  Jayanni Webster, a junior at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, will be part of the 2011 Student Freedom Ride, which will retrace the 1961 civil rights bus rides. PBS' "American...

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