{"id":2062,"date":"2020-10-29T13:04:45","date_gmt":"2020-10-29T17:04:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/history\/?p=2062"},"modified":"2025-05-26T11:13:50","modified_gmt":"2025-05-26T15:13:50","slug":"scenic-roots-interview-on-rise-mlk-peoples-history-walking-tours","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/history\/2020\/10\/29\/scenic-roots-interview-on-rise-mlk-peoples-history-walking-tours\/","title":{"rendered":"Scenic Roots Interview on RISE MLK + People&#8217;s History Walking Tours"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"color: #ffffff\">***<\/span><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"color: #000000\">Scenic Roots Interview on RISE MLK + People&#8217;s History Walking Tours<\/span><\/h2>\n<hr \/>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/history\/files\/2020\/10\/Big9.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-2063\" src=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/history\/files\/2020\/10\/Big9.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"410\" height=\"384\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/history\/files\/2020\/10\/Big9.jpg 410w, https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/history\/files\/2020\/10\/Big9-300x281.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/history\/files\/2020\/10\/Big9-214x200.jpg 214w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 410px) 100vw, 410px\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000\">On Wednesday, October 21, 2020, Associate Professor of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.utc.edu\/history\/\">History<\/a> and Director of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.utc.edu\/history\/africana-studies\/index.php\">Africana Studies Program<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.utc.edu\/directory\/hzt191-history-susan-eckelmann\/hzt191\">Susan Eckelmann Berghel<\/a> and History Department Head <a href=\"https:\/\/www.utc.edu\/directory\/ngy698-history-michael-d-thompson\/ngy698\">Mike Thompson<\/a>, along with Michael Gilliland of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.chattaction.org\/the-peoples-history-project.html\">Chattanooga Organized for Action\/the People\u2019s History of Chattanooga<\/a> project and Woodson Carpenter of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.risecha.org\/\">RISE Chattanooga<\/a>, were guests on the WUTC show \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.wutc.org\/programs\/scenic-roots\">Scenic Roots<\/a>,\u201d where they <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wutc.org\/post\/tours-chattanooga-s-complex-past\">discussed<\/a> the RISE MLK + People&#8217;s History Walking Tours being held this October and November.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000\">You can listen to the interview online <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wutc.org\/post\/tours-chattanooga-s-complex-past\">here<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000\">Learn more about and sign up for the walking tours <a href=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/history\/2020\/09\/30\/rise-mlk-walking-tours\/\">here<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a 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