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The Month of February: Weekly book discussions about the Civil Rights Conference 2010 book, Short Stories of the Civil Rights Movement: An Anthology,
Margaret Early Whitt, editor.
Saturday February 20
10:00 am–5:00 pm Ken-Tenn Homecoming and Reunion Association and
Community Forum, African American History Month
Celebration, Tennessee Room, Holland McCombs
Building. kthracf@gmail.com
Sunday February 21
3:00–5:00 pm Ken-Tenn Homecoming and Reunion Association and
Community Forum, African American History Month
Celebration, Harvey Vick Center, South Fulton, Tenn.
6:00 pm & 9:00 pm Civil Rights Movie Showing: Amistad, Steven Spielberg’s
account of a slave ship rebellion. Sponsored by UT Martin
Student Activities Council.
Monday February 22
12:00 pm Student Rally for Social Justice
Boling University Center and Paul Meek Library plaza
7:00 pm Black History Quiz Bowl, Sponsored by the National
Association of Black Journalists
Tuesday Native American Civil Rights Day February 23
1:00–3:00 pm How the Lies of History Have Tarnished Our Moral Values.
A lecture and discussion with Dr. Henry Parker and UT
Martin student, Karen Adams
5:50 pm Bill Miller, Grammy Award-winning musician
All events will be held in Watkins Auditorium unless otherwise noted.
Please Join our University of Tennessee at Martin Civil Rights Conference Facebook Group or email dbarber@utm.edu.
Wednesday February 24
12:15-12:50 pm Roundtable on Black Writers, Hortense Parrish Writing
Center, 209 Humanities Bldg. Sponsored by Hortense
Parrish Writing Center. Contact owl@utm.edu for more
information.
1:00–3:00 pm Brooke Haycock
One-woman performance on contemporary issues in
education and civil rights
Thursday February 25
9:30–10:45 am Civil Rights in the Age of Obama
Dr. Cynthia Griggs Fleming,
University of Tennessee, Knoxville
11:00 am – White Privilege and White Activism in the Struggle
for Black Freedom
Chude Allen and Karen Trusty
1:00–2:15 pm Racial Disparities in Health Care
Dr. Vivian Carter, Tuskegee University
2:30–3:45 pm Local Civil Rights History: Fulton and South Fulton
Joyce Washington, T.D. Morris and Pete Algee
7:00 pm Dr. Bob Moses, Keynote Speaker
UT Martin Collegiate Gospel Choir
Introduction of speaker by Cynthia Griggs Fleming
Friday February 26
7:00 pm Unnatural Causes: Is Inequality Making Us Sick?
Documentary Movie
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