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Linear Feet: The collection occupies 0.1 linear feet of shelf space.

Abstract: This collection contains a pin, reading "Free the Knoxville 22," a group of University of Tennessee student and non-student protesters from 1970.

Administrative Information

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

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Biographical Note: The Knoxville 22 were a group of nineteen students and three non-students who were arrested during a student protest involving the picketing of the University of Tennessee Administration building. After the announced retirement of UT President Andy Holt, the Board of Trustees elected Ed Boling president in early 1970. Students objected to the lack of student or faculty consideration in the decision, and responded to Boling's election by picketing the Administration building on January 15, 1970. Several thousand students were estimated to have blocked the entrance to the Administration building, and when they refused to disperse, Knoxville and campus police arrived to break up the protest. In the resulting scuffle, four police and seven protesters were injured, and a total of 22 people were brought up on charges of inciting riots. The incident had faculty, students, and the Knoxville community denouncing (or supporting) the University administration for its harsh stand against the protesters that resulted in violence.

Scope and Content Note: This collection contains a pin, reading "Free the Knoxville 22," a group of University of Tennessee student and non-student protesters from 1970.

Arrangement:This collection consists of one series.

LCSH:
University of Tennessee, Knoxville
University of Tennessee, Knoxville--student protests
University of Tennessee, Knoxville--Knoxville 22

Series/Container List:

Folder 1: "Knoxville 22" pin, 1970.