TISEP/TICEP History & Impact

TISEP/TICEP History & Impact, includes a three-part documentation :

  • Oral history interviews from student tutors
  • TISEP & TICEP sites; and
  • Print documents provided by St. Olaf College archives and Dr. & Mrs. P. B. Phillips.
Read Vol 1 TISCEP
Funded by a grant from the African American Civil Rights Division of the National Park Service

About the Oral History Project

This project obtains an oral history of both the Tuskegee Institute Summer Education Program (TISEP) and the Tuskegee Institute Community Education Program (TICEP). Participants (Tutors, and Tutees) were interviewed and a transcript and a video was prepared for each interview. Access to the transcripts and videos will be provided when available. The TISEP/TICEP HISTORY AND IMPACT Project was a community outreach education program. (1965 – 1968) (concurrent with and in support of the Civil Rights Movement).

Coordinating Committee Members

Coordinating Committee Members

Dr. Walter Bowers, Mrs. Judith V. Phillips, Dr. Percival B. Phillips, Dr. Joan Hamby Burroughs, and Mr. Calvin Austin.

About TISEP

The Tuskegee Institute Summer Education Program (TISEP) Provided expanded services to fight illiteracy and promote education in twelve counties through a funded grant program. The program also produced a newspaper, “The T.I.S.E.P. Reporter”, covering the program activities at its various sites.

About TICEP

The Tuskegee Institute Community Education Program (TICEP) Replicated the summer program and also added social services and health, advisory and referral services to the tutees and their families. This program also produced a newspaper, “The T.I.C.E.P. Journal”, covering the program activities at its various sites.

About the 60’s

The young 3Ts heroines and heroes of the 60’s experienced many indignities, insults and sometimes threats to their lives. Because of their deep commitment to freedom and justice for all, they could not and did not walk away. Explore published articles, books, videos and other resources of experiences related to the 3Ts.

Oral History Project Meetup

On June 27, 2024, the TISEP-TICEP Coordinating Committee including (Dr. Walter Bowers, Mrs. Judith V. Phillips, Dr. Percival B. Phillips, Dr. Joan Hamby Burroughs, and Mr. Calvin Austin) gathered at Tuskegee University for their first reunion since 2018, reflecting on the vibrant history of the 3 T’s Movement from the 1960s.

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