{"id":2011,"date":"2020-09-30T17:52:01","date_gmt":"2020-09-30T21:52:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/history\/?p=2011"},"modified":"2025-05-26T11:12:49","modified_gmt":"2025-05-26T15:12:49","slug":"rise-mlk-walking-tours","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/history\/2020\/09\/30\/rise-mlk-walking-tours\/","title":{"rendered":"RISE MLK &amp; People&#8217;s History Walking Tours"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"color: #ffffff\">***<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"color: #000000\">The Department of History and the Africana Studies Program are pleased to partner with<\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.risecha.org\/\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/www.risecha.org\/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1601574177557000&amp;usg=AFQjCNGqWrFTgZzUfrlzX-6AKDRMkx35DQ\">RISE Chattanooga<\/a>\u00a0<span style=\"color: #000000\">and the<\/span>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.chattaction.org\/the-peoples-history-project.html\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/www.chattaction.org\/the-peoples-history-project.html&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1601574177557000&amp;usg=AFQjCNG9UNPGnAHs1V9xai2SbR4MNm043g\">People\u2019s History of Chattanooga Project<\/a> <span style=\"color: #000000\">to offer five walking tours this Fall at no cost to members of the UTC community. Three RISE tours will take place on Saturday mornings and highlight the rich history and culture of the MLK neighborhood and community (see flyer below). Two People\u2019s History tours will be offered during the week and focus on \u201cWhite Supremacy and Anti-Racist Resistance in Chattanooga.\u201d Descriptions, dates, and other details are provided below, and questions may be addressed to<\/span> <a href=\"mailto:Michael-D-Thompson@utc.edu\">Michael-D-Thompson@utc.edu<\/a>.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\"><strong><span style=\"color: #000000\"><u>RISE MLK Walking Tours<\/u><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"color: #000000\">Description:\u00a0\u201cThe MLK community reflects over 100 years of African American history and commerce in Chattanooga, Tennessee. Since 1994, the community has been listed on the National Register as an area of great historical significance. Once known as the \u2018Big Nine,\u2019 MLK Boulevard (formerly Ninth Street) is the only remaining cohesive area historically associated with Chattanooga African Americans.\u00a0Join us for a walking tour of the MLK Neighborhood featuring the cultural and music history, historic buildings and public art that makes the neighborhood pop! The tour will last about 1 to 1\u00bd\u00a0hours and will include breaks to talk about points of interest.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"color: #000000\">Dates and Times:<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;padding-left: 40px\"><span style=\"color: #000000\">Saturday, October 3<sup>rd<\/sup>, 10:30am-12:00pm<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;padding-left: 40px\"><span style=\"color: #000000\">Saturday, October 24<sup>th<\/sup>, 10:30am-12:00pm<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;padding-left: 40px\"><span style=\"color: #000000\">Saturday, November 14<sup>th<\/sup>, 10:30am-12:00pm<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"color: #000000\">Details:<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;padding-left: 40px\"><span style=\"color: #000000\">Limited to 10 in-person participants per tour<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;padding-left: 40px\"><span style=\"color: #000000\">Masks and social distancing required<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;padding-left: 40px\"><span style=\"color: #000000\">Meet at Miller Park\u2019s EPB Stage<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;padding-left: 40px\"><span style=\"color: #000000\">Live virtual option available<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;padding-left: 40px\"><span style=\"color: #000000\">RSVP ASAP to<\/span>\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:Michael-D-Thompson@utc.edu\">Michael-D-Thompson@utc.edu<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\"><strong><span style=\"color: #000000\"><u>People\u2019s History of Chattanooga Walking Tours<\/u><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"color: #000000\">Description:\u00a0\u201cThe theme of the People\u2019s History of Chattanooga tour is \u2018White Supremacy and Anti-Racist Resistance in Chattanooga.\u2019 This\u00a01\u00bd to 2-hour\u00a0tour covers topics including antebellum Chattanooga and slavery, the Civil War and abolition, Reconstruction and the rise of Jim Crow, white supremacist reaction, the bus boycott of 1905, the local civil rights movement, the 1971 race riots, the KKK shooting on\u00a0Ninth\u00a0Street, and much more.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"color: #000000\">Dates and Times:<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;padding-left: 40px\"><span style=\"color: #000000\">Tuesday, October 13<sup>th<\/sup>, 5:30pm-7:30pm<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;padding-left: 40px\"><span style=\"color: #000000\">Monday, October 26<sup>th<\/sup>, 2:00pm-4:00pm<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"color: #000000\">Details:<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;padding-left: 40px\"><span style=\"color: #000000\">Limited to 20 in-person participants per tour<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;padding-left: 40px\"><span style=\"color: #000000\">Masks and social distancing required<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;padding-left: 40px\"><span style=\"color: #000000\">Meet at Miller Plaza\u2019s Waterhouse Pavilion<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;padding-left: 40px\"><span style=\"color: #000000\">RSVP ASAP to<\/span>\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:Michael-D-Thompson@utc.edu\">Michael-D-Thompson@utc.edu<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/history\/files\/2020\/09\/2020-big-9-page-001.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2012\" src=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/history\/files\/2020\/09\/2020-big-9-page-001.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1275\" height=\"1650\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/history\/files\/2020\/09\/2020-big-9-page-001.jpg 989w, https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/history\/files\/2020\/09\/2020-big-9-page-001-232x300.jpg 232w, https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/history\/files\/2020\/09\/2020-big-9-page-001-791x1024.jpg 791w, https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/history\/files\/2020\/09\/2020-big-9-page-001-768x994.jpg 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