Friday, June 4, 2010

protest and activism at UT - 40 years on

40 YEAR ANNIVERSARY - A POLITICAL EDUCATION

http://knoxville22.blogspot.com/

6/01/2010

TENNESSEE - the VOLUNTEER state and Knoxville the capitol of right
wing Republicanism in the State may seem like a strange place for
recollection of the 40 year passed KENT STATE MASSACRE and it's
aftermath. But Knoxville home to the University of Tennessee is where
Richard M. Nixon chose to make his first "campus" visit in the wake
of the protests and strikes that roiled the nation's campuses in the
days that followed the murders of four students. In their memory I
give you a bit of that history for your edification.

[more at URL above]

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