University of Tennessee, Knoxville, renames 2 dorms for Black civil rights leaders
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Theotis Robinson and Rita Sanders Geier will have dorms named after them.
The dorms will be named after Rita Sanders Geier, a Memphis native, and Theotis Robinson of Knoxville. Robinson is known as the first Black undergraduate student admitted to the university and one of the three Black students to fully desegregate the university in 1961. Geier is known for a landmark lawsuit that sought to dismantle inequities in the state's higher education system, the news release said.More Related News
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