‘I am somebody’: A look back at ‘Get Hip, Whitey Week,’ MTSU’s turbulent race relations of the ‘70s Angele Latham | Editor In Chief • February 28, 2019 The year was 1970. Bell-bottoms were in, hippies were still going strong and Elton John was making his extraordinary mark on the world of music. The era of peace and love seemed like it would never end....