About the Movement
About the Movement
The 3T’s Movement, was a college student-led community outreach movement in Alabama’s Black Belt from 1963 to 1968. This movement consisted of 3 separate programs at Tuskegee Institute (now Tuskegee University) during the height of the Civil Rights and Black Power Movement. In 1963 the 3T’s movement began with Tuskegee Institute students. Later in the summer of 1965 they were joined by students from St. Olaf and students from 29 other colleges and universities. This amplified the movement towards integration with programs supported by the U.S. Office of Economic Opportunity and the Federal Student Work-Study Program.
About the Website
This website has been created by the 3T’s team to highlight the soon to be published book “Brighten Corners and Widen Circles,” the upcoming Oral History Project and other histories, narratives, remembrances, and commentaries related to the 3T’s movement. The stories shared in Brighten Corners and Widen Circles, the Oral History and this 3T’s Movement website will encourage you to intensify your battle for equity, fairness, and justice for all Americans.
About the Author and Co-Author of Brighten Corners and Widen Circles
Dr. P. Bertrand Phillips
The 3Ts Movement was created by Dr. P. Bertrand Phillips. Phillips was then the dean of students and a professor of education and psychology at Tuskegee Institute. Phillips was central in discovering the funding for programs and creating opportunities for other colleges and universities to join in the 3 Ts Movement.
Judith Phillips
Judith Phillips was an active participant of the 3 T’s Movement and is the co-author of Brighten Corners and Widen Circles.
Oral History Project Committee
Committee members include, from left to right: Dr. Walter Bowers, Mrs. Judith V. Phillips, Dr. Percival B. Phillips, Dr. Joan Hamby Burroughs, and Mr. Calvin Austin.
Participants
Participants of the 3T’s Movement were college students, elementary, junior high and high school students and adult members of the communities. Participants bonded to fight a war on poverty, unequal education and social economical and political inequality and marginalization. They made personal sacrifices and often risked their lives in this time of Black Codes and Jim Crow laws. In the 1960’s the 3T’s Movement partnered with communities in 12 Black Belt Counties and Jefferson County in Alabama : Barbour, Bullock, Coosa, Crenshaw, Elmore, Lee, Lowndes, Macon, Montgomery, Pike, Russell, and Tallapoosa.
Learn About the 1960’s
3 T’s Movement Digital Marketing Consultant
This 3 T’s Movement website was designed by Tierra Cole, a digital marketer from Houston, Texas. Tierra graduated from Texas State University with a B.S. in Digital Media Innovation. After obtaining her degree she began working with small business, non-profits and ministries within her community.
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