The student-created exhibition, “We Demand an End to Racism!” The Civil Rights Movement in Chattanooga, is made up of five large panels divided into subjects related to the Civil Rights Era in the city.
‘We Demand an End to Racism!’: Civil rights in Chattanooga
“‘We Demand an End to Racism!”: The Civil Rights Movement in Chattanooga” looks at the era through the eyes of the local community
Get a taste of UTC on Focus Friday
Curious about what college is like? Want to meet some current UTC professors and students? Join us for Focus Friday.
History professor’s book wins prestigious award
John Swanson’s book, “Tangible Belonging: Negotiating Germanness in Twentieth-Century Hungary,” was recently honored with the Barbara Jelavich Book Prize, a major prize for scholars researching and writing about Central and Eastern Europe.
I Am Innocent: Ed Johnson Remembered
On Sept. 24, 2018, about a dozen people stood quietly on the bridge and listened as Eric Atkins recalled the lynching that took Johnson’s life more than 100 years earlier.
Collaboration with the University of the South generates series on the lynching of Ed Johnson in Chattanooga
Taking place on both campuses, the events in the new series include a documentary screening and lectures featuring Illinois State University’s Amy Wood, award-winning historian and professor of post-Civil War American cultural history and the history of the U.S. South.
SGA Outstanding Seniors for 2018 are honored
The Student Government Association’s Outstanding Seniors for 2018 were introduced in a Patten Chapel ceremony.
Students document the lives of African-American women in Chattanooga with Mayor Council’s initiative to tell herstories
A collaboration of UTC’s Special Collections and Department of History, with the City of Chattanooga Mayor’s Council on Women, Southern Adventist University and Covenant College, captures the testimonies of local women to diversify the historical narrative of Chattanooga and add their unique perspectives.
Panel Discussion considers Reconstruction Era and the National Park Service
A three-person panel will present an overview of the Reconstruction Era and how the National Park Service is focusing on the era.
Scholars and Clergy discuss the Reformation, Nov. 1
October 2017 marked the 500th anniversary of when Martin Luther nailed his 95 theses to the door of one of Saxon City’s main churches. Join this round table discussion with UTC professors and local church leaders in observance of the historic event.