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Abstract: This collection contains a souvenir handed out to students when civil rights activist Dick Gregory spoke at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, campus in the winter of 1968-1969. It includes a phony dollar, promoting Dick Gregory for president with Mark Lane for vice president, Nov. 5, 1968.

Administrative Information

Statement of Provenance: This collection was donated to the University Archives.

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Biographical Note: Dick Gregory was a civil rights activist in the 1960s. He was first asked to speak on campus by a student group, which was vetoed by Chancellor Charles Weaver, along with the planned visits of Adam Clayton Powell, an African-American member of Congress, and Timothy Leary, a pro-drug activist. These cancellations led to student activism to promote an open speaker policy, which was implemented by the winter of 1968, when Gregory was finally allowed to speak at UT.

Scope and Content Note: This collection contains a mock U.S. dollar, dated November 5, 1968, proclaiming Dick Gregory for president, with Mark Lane as his vice president, urging readers to cast write-in ballots for the two candidates. It was handed out amongst the audience when civil rights activist Dick Gregory spoke at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, campus in the winter of 1968-1969.

Arrangement:This collection consists of one series.

LCSH:
University of Tennessee, Knoxville
University of Tennessee, Knoxville--open speaker controversy
University of Tennessee, Knoxville--Dick Gregory

Series/Container List:

Folder 1: Dick Gregory for President Dollar, 1968.