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This year\u2019s Black History Month program offers many exciting opportunities and events for students, including a free 3-day civil rights trip, several powerful experiential learning activities, and social gatherings to network, debate, and learn.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Check out these Black History Month program highlights:<\/strong><\/h3>\n
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Interested in experiencing civil rights history?<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n

A free 3-day field trip to Montgomery, Selma, and Birmingham<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

When:<\/strong> March 6-9, 2020<\/p>\n

Apply<\/strong> for a spot here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

For more information, contact Dr. Susan Eckelmann Berghel at\u00a0Susan-Eckelmann@utc.edu<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Interested in learning more about racism in the medical profession?<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n

Participate in a simulation workshop that shows the impact of the Tuskegee Syphilis Experiment between 1932-1972.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

When: <\/strong>Tuesday, February 18 and Wednesday, February 19, 2020, 6:00-8:00 pm<\/p>\n

Where:<\/strong>\u00a0University Center Signal Mountain Room<\/p>\n

Register<\/strong> here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

More Info<\/strong><\/a>;\u00a0Poster<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

For more information, contact Dr. Mark Johnson at\u00a0mark-johnson01@utc.edu<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Interested in racism and the criminal justice system?<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n

Come to one of the following film screenings:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Just Mercy: Movie Screening and Discussion\u202f<\/strong><\/span><\/h4>\n

When:<\/strong> Wednesday, February 12, 2020, 6:45 pm<\/p>\n

Where:<\/strong>\u00a0Majestic 12 Downtown<\/p>\n

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The Eric Morse Story: Race, Poverty, and the Criminalization of Black Youth<\/strong><\/span><\/h4>\n

When:<\/strong> Thursday, February 13, 2020, 5:00 pm<\/p>\n

Where: <\/strong>University Center Heritage Room<\/p>\n

More Info<\/strong><\/a>; Poster<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

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Interested in local history and racial violence?<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n

Black Heroines for Justice: 1980s Terrorism of the Ku Klux Klan in Chattanooga and the Women Who Stood Against Them<\/strong><\/span><\/h4>\n

When:<\/strong> Thursday, February 20, 2020, 5:30 pm<\/p>\n

Where:<\/strong>\u00a0Bessie Smith Cultural Center<\/p>\n

More Info<\/strong><\/a>; Poster<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

For more information, contact Dr. Susan Eckelmann Berghel at\u00a0Susan-Eckelmann@utc.edu<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Interested in Civil War history and Memory?<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n

Confronting the Past in Memphis: Nathan Bedford Forrest, the Antebellum Slave Trade, and the Reinvention of Civil War Memory<\/strong><\/span><\/h4>\n

When:<\/strong> Thursday, February 20, 2020, 7:00 pm<\/p>\n

Where:<\/strong> University Center Signal Mountain Room<\/p>\n

More info<\/strong> here<\/a><\/p>\n

For more information, contact Dr. Michael Thompson at\u00a0Michael-D-Thompson@utc.edu<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Interested in Frantz Fanon’s Phenomenology?<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n

Join a Philosophy Club discussion of Frantz Fanon<\/strong><\/span>, a revolutionary, psychiatrist, and a political philosopher who founded the discipline of post-colonialism and heavily influenced black liberation leaders such as Huey P. Newton, Stokely Carmichael, and Angela Davis.<\/p>\n

When:<\/strong> Friday, February 7, 2020, 5:30 pm<\/p>\n

Where:<\/strong>\u00a0State Office Building Room 105<\/p>\n

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Interested in even more events?<\/span> <\/strong><\/h3>\n

See the full calendar of the Black History Month Program<\/span> here<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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