The Civil Discourse and Social Change initiative kicked off the semester with a lecture commemorating Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.  The Rev. James Lawson spoke about his work with...

When Jonnae Thompson woke up on the morning of March 4, 2010, she didn’t know how, but she knew her life was about to change. “I woke up that morning with my mind focused on educational...

In February of 1960, black students from Fisk University began weekly sit-ins at white-only lunch counters in Nashville, Tennessee.  Armed only with the philosophy of nonviolence, they simply...