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UTM 10th Annual Civil Rights Conference
Entire month of February: weekly book discussion meetings on the Civil Rights Conference 2010 book, Short Stories of the Civil Rights Movement: An Anthology, Margaret Early Whitt, editor Saturday, February 20 Ken-Tenn Homecoming and Reunion Association and Community Forum: African American History Month Activities, Tennessee Room, McCombs Holland, 10am-5pm For more info: kthracf@gmail.com Sunday, February 21 For more info: kthracf@gmail.com Civil Rights Movie: Amistad, Steven Spielberg's classic account of an 1839 slave-ship rebellion. Watkins Auditorium 6 and 9pm. Sponsered by the UTM Student Activities Council. Monday, February 22
Tuesday, February 23
Wednesday, February 24
Thursday, February 25: All events in Watkins Auditorium • 9:30-10:45: “Civil Rights in the Age of Obama,” Dr. Cynthia Griggs Fleming, University of Tennessee, Knoxville • 11-12:15: “White Privilege and White Activism in the Struggle for Black Freedom,” Chude Allen and Karen Trusty • 1-2:15: “Racial Disparities in Health Care,” Dr. Vivian Carter, Tuskegee University • 2:30-3:45: “Local Civil Rights History: Fulton, and South Fulton,” Joyce Washington, T.D. Morris, and Pete Algee • 7pm: Keynote Address
Friday, February 26 Documentary Film Showing:
UNNATURAL CAUSES: Is Inequality Making Us Sick?
Conference Coordinator David Barber, dbarber@utm.edu Past Conference Coordinator Alice-Catherine Carls, accarls@utm.edu
Check out our UTM Civil Rights Conference Facebook Page For Copy of Civil Rights Conference poster, click here. For Copy of Civil Rights Conference flyer, click here.
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