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The Klu Klux Klan marching on the Murfreesboro Square on July 4, 1987. (Photo published in Sidelines on July 9, 1987)

Persecution and progress: A look at Rutherford County’s troubled past of hate crimes, racism

Sidelines April 18, 2019

Story by Madeline Quinby / Studio M  History shows Murfreesboro and Rutherford County, Tennessee, are not strangers to hate crime. From when the Ku Klux Klan first came to Murfreesboro in 1868 to a planned...

Southern Poverty Law Center Director of Outreach Lecia Brooks provides MTSU Scholars Week Keynote Address

Southern Poverty Law Center Director of Outreach Lecia Brooks provides MTSU Scholars Week Keynote Address

Sidelines March 22, 2018

Photo and story by William Green / Contributing Writer Southern Poverty Law Center Director of Outreach Lecia Brooks provided the MTSU Scholars Week Keynote Address, which focused on the current state...

MTSU Black Student Union hosts discussion on issues of social justice at MTSU, white supremacist groups

MTSU Black Student Union hosts discussion on issues of social justice at MTSU, white supremacist groups

Sidelines February 10, 2018

Photo by Rachael Ann Keisling / Contributing Writer Story by William Green / Contributing Writer  Both national history and a recent incident on campus were the subject of a discussion, entitled “Current...

Community Foundation of Middle Tennessee creates Nashville Unites Resolution to combat bigotry

Community Foundation of Middle Tennessee creates Nashville Unites Resolution to combat bigotry

Angele Latham | Editor In Chief August 29, 2017

Photo courtesy of The Community Foundation of Middle Tennessee The Community Foundation of Middle Tennessee, a non-profit organization based in Nashville, has created the Nashville Unites Resolution in...

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