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Department of History and Philosophy
322 Humanities Building
University of TN at Martin
Martin, TN 38238
(731) 881-7470
Chair: David Coffey
dcoffey@utm.edu

 

 
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Events

Announcement:

HOLOCAUST STUDY/TRAVEL EXPERIENCE- There are stil a few spots available for students interested in participating in the Holocaust Travel Study course that UT Martin and Union Univeristy are co-sponsoring. Earn 3 hours of upper-level credit for this spring-semester course (HIST 342 or HIST 468- also offered as graduate credit), which includes a 15-day trip to Germany (Berlin), the Czech Republic (Prague), and Poland (Cracow and Warsaw). Participants will leave from Memphis on May 18 and return on June 1. Close to 25 participants from the University of Tennessee at Martin, Union University, Mercer University, and Rhodes College have currently signed up for this experience, which will be led by four faculty - two historians and two ethicists - on the tour. Registration and an initial deposit of $500 are due before January 30. For more information, please contact Dr. Alice-Catherine Carls in the Department of History, Philosophy, and International Studies with an e-mail to accarls@utm.edu or with a phone call at 731-881-7472

 

Civil Rights 40 Years After Dr. King’s Death

UT Martin’s 8th Annual Civil Rights Conference

 

Monday, February 25

4:00 P.M. Opening Event, “Greek Organizations and the Civil Rights Movement,”  Watkins Auditorium,

7:00 P.M.  Movie showing, Amazing Grace, Humanities Auditorium,

 

Tuesday, February 26, Native American Civil Rights Day

  • Caps of Distinction, UC 206A, B, 11-2
  • 5:00 P.M.  Native American Dinner UC 206
  • 6:30 P.M.  Music/ Power Point presentation on Native American Civil Right           
  • 7:00 P.M.  Speaker: Lynn King Lossiah
  • 8:00 P.M.  Books and Art prints signing in the lobby

Wednesday, February 27, Minority Affairs Day

  • “Honoring Black Writers:  A Literary Reading.”  12:00-12:50 p.m. Hortense Parrish Writing Center (H209).  Light refreshments will be served.
  • 1:00 P.M. Panel featuring Tennessee Equality Project, Student Life Center
  • 3:00 P.M. Dr. Mark Simmons, “The Music of the Civil Rights Movement.” Humanities 204
  • 6:00 P.M. Harold Conners Civil Rights Dinner, University Center Ballroom

Thursday, February 28,

Watkins Auditorium

9:30-10:45 – Black Student Struggles of 1968 and 1969

·         Thulani Davis

11:00-12:15 – Martin Luther King and the Civil Rights Movement

·         Cynthia Griggs Fleming

·         Diane Nash

·         Earlene Moore, moderator

1:00-2:15 – 40 Years Later: Desegregating or Resegregating?

·         Henry Parker

·         David Belote

·         Gloria Sweet-Love

·         Kathy Evans, moderator

7:00 pm – Keynote Address

  • UTM Collegiate Gospel Choir, Musical Introduction with Civil Rights Songs
  • Keynote Address, “Civil Rights 40 Years After Dr. King’s Death;” Kathleen Cleaver, law professor, Emory and Yale Universities and former member of SNCC and the Black Panthers

 

Friday, February 29

7:00 pm – “The Untold Story of Emmett Louis Till.” 

Saturday, March 1

7:30 A.M. to 4:00 P.M. – Civil Rights Field Trip to Memphis National Civil Rights Museum with address by Reverend Samuel Kyles. 

Conference Coordinator:

David Barber, dbarber@utm.edu;

 Past Conference Coordinator:

Alice-Catherine Carls, accarls@utm.edu