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MONDAY FEBRUARY 171:00-1:50pm “Elbert Williams: First to Die: Investigating the cold case murder of NAACP member Elbert Williams, in Brownsville, Tennessee in 1940.” Jim Emison, Tennesseans for Historical Justice

2:00-2:50pm “Civil Rights in Tennessee” Mr. Tom Castelli, Legal Director for TN ACLU

3:00-3:50pm Student Panel: “Everyday Issues for Minority Students on Campus” Q&A to follow

4:00-4:50pm UTM Writing Center Roundtable “Human Rights Are Civil Rights” – HU 209

6:00-7:30pm Panel: “Building Community: The Work Continues” Weakley County Reconciliation Project

TUESDAY FEBRUARY 1812:00-1:00pm Lunch and Q&A with The Pedrito Martinez Group - FA band room

1:15-2:15pm “The History of Segregation and Education in Weakley County”

4:00-5:15pm “The Ballot or the Bullet; the Next Generation.” LeLann Evans

7:00pm Concert by The Pedrito Martinez Group Harriet Fulton Theater

WEDNESDAY FEBRUARY 191:00-1:50pm “LGBTQ+ couples’ experiences post Obergefell v. Hodges”

2:00-2:50pm “How Not to Be ‘That Person’: Destroying the Bystander Effect” Amy McLean

3:00-3:50pm “Issues Faced by Immigrants in Tennessee”

4:00pm Screening After Selma followed by a Q&A with the writer/director Loki Mulholland

THURSDAY FEBRUARY 209:00am-12:00pm Community Action Poverty Simulation UC Ballroom

1:00-2:15pm “The Sustaining Role of Religious Music in the Civil Rights Movement” Rev. Dr. Courtney Pace

2:30-4:00pm Screening of The Uncomfortable Truth followed by a Q&A with the writer/director Loki Mulholland

4:00-5:15pm Workshop on Minority Student Leadership Experiences on TN campuses – UC 206

4:00-5:15pm “Envisioning a Healthy LGBTQ+ Community” Del Ray Zimmerman, Director of the Office for Diversity Affairs and LGBTQ Health, Vanderbilt University Medical Center

7:00pm Performance by New Pacer Singers

Keynote Speaker – Joan Trumpauer Mulholland, a recipient of the 2015 National Civil Rights Museum Freedom Award, a Civil Rights Icon who participated in over 50 sit-ins and demonstrations, was a Freedom Rider, participant in the Jackson Woolworth’s Sit-in, the March on Washington, the Meredith March and the Selma to Montgomery March.

FRIDAY FEBRUARY 2110:00am–3:00pm Free Health Fair UC Ballroom

FOR MORE INFORMATION

utm.edu/civilrights or civilrights@utm.edu

*Sessions located in Watkins Auditorium unless otherwise indicated