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Teaching, Studying and Promoting Civil Rights and Social Change

For more than twenty years, the Hooks Institute has developed an impressive track record of educating, engaging and empowering the community.

The Hooks Student Success Initiatives

Hooks Student Success Initiatives focus on increasing the retention and graduation rates of students attending the UofM by developing each student's personal, academic and professional skills.

Pillars of Progress - Honoring Champions of Social Change

Tent City: Stories of Civil Rights in Fayette County, Tennessee

The "Tent City" website covers the series of civil rights events that took place in Fayette County, TN from 1959 into the early 1970s.

Check Out Our Fayette County, Tenn. Civil Rights. Movement Art Shay Photo Exhibit!

On display now at Memphis International Airport Between the B and C Ticketing Stations

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