http://tentcity.eserver.org This website is an interactive venture dedicated to gathering and sharing stories, images, and creative work (songs, quilts, journal entries, etc.) from the Civil Rights era in Fayette County, Tennessee. Though we cannot begin to tell (or even find) every individual's story from this era, we want to include a variety of perspectives here; this site provides a venue in which Fayette County residents can describe their memories of these events. Sponsored by the Benjamin L. Hooks Institute at the University of Memphis, this website is being developed by faculty and students at Fayette-Ware High School, Iowa State University, and the University of Memphis. daily 1 2008-06-28T17:00:00Z http://tentcity.eserver.org/welcome No publisher admin about 2010-09-12T21:04:43Z Page http://tentcity.eserver.org/history-of-the-movement A chronicle of the history of the Civil Rights Movement in Fayette County, Tennessee. No publisher admin 2010-09-12T01:49:25Z Folder http://tentcity.eserver.org/stories A folder for stories about the people, places and events. No publisher geoff 2010-08-13T18:46:19Z Folder http://tentcity.eserver.org/For%20the%20Classroom This section of the site provides an opportunity for educators and students to integrate the information from this archive into their classrooms and research projects. No publisher geoff 2008-08-06T18:08:09Z Folder http://tentcity.eserver.org/other Other resources, including the video, "Freedom's Front Line: Fayette County, Tennesee." No publisher geoff 2010-08-13T19:07:47Z Folder http://tentcity.eserver.org/young-black-man-participating-in-election-efforts-1964 Picture of young black man participating in 1964 election efforts. Courtesy of Nick Lawrence. This picture is part of the documentary: Freedom Front Line: Fayette County, Tennessee. No publisher loelkim 2010-11-07T22:54:17Z Image http://tentcity.eserver.org/tent-city-makes-the-cover-of-the-chicago-daily-news-1961 Tent City makes the cover page of the Chicago Daily News. No publisher loelkim 2010-11-07T22:54:17Z Image http://tentcity.eserver.org/official-newsletter-of-the-fayette-county-civic-and-welfare-league The League’s Link. This was the newsletter of the Original Fayette County Civic and Welfare League. Charlie Butts, a then student at Oberlin College, worked with Minnie Jameson, the secretary of the league from 1959 to approximately 2001 to create the first newsletters. Jameson, with the assistance of others, continued to publish this newsletter during the pivotal moments of the movement. The League’s Link provided first-had accounts by blacks of civil rights events as they transpired in Fayette County. No publisher loelkim 2010-11-07T22:54:17Z Image