MURFREESBORO — The
contributions of young people to the NAACP’s civil rights activism is the topic
of the next “MTSU On the Record” radio program.
Host Gina Logue’s interview with Dr. Thomas Bynum, assistant
professor of history, will air from 5:30 to 6 p.m. on Martin Luther King Day,
Monday, Jan. 20, and from 8 to 8:30 a.m. Sunday, Jan. 26.
Bynum is the author of “NAACP Youth and the Fight for Black
Freedom: 1936-1965,” which chronicles how the country’s oldest civil rights
group organized young adults into a force for social change.
“What I wanted to do with this book is to show that the
NAACP used other measures outside of litigation to effect change,” said Bynum.
“And you certainly see it with the youth councils and college chapters of the
NAACP because these young people wanted to employ direct action to break down
racial discrimination, those barriers that relegated them to second-class
citizenship.”
To listen to previous “MTSU On the Record” programs, go to
the “Audio Clips” archives at http://www.mtsunews.com.
For more information, contact Logue at 615-898-5081 or
WMOT-FM at 615-898-2800.
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