Black lives matter movement

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Collection contains social media posts, website crawls, and other born-digital materials produced by the Middlebury College community and collected by Special Collections beginning in May, 2020, following the murder of George Floyd by police. The collection includes responses and statements by academic departments, student clubs and organizations, athletic teams, and more.

Scope and Contents The second episode of Leaning Into Discomfort features head men's basketball coach Jeff Brown and Athletic Director Erin Quinn, Class of 1986. During the episode, Brown discusses his experience as a Black coach at Middlebury and as a Black man during the Black Lives Matter movement, as well as his family members who have worked in law enforcement. Quinn and Brown discuss attempts to diversify Athletics staff and the student athlete population at Middlebury, as well as the Diversity, Equity,...

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Apple Podcasts description: "In this episode, Megan and Destini reflect on the last couple of months. These past few months have been traumatic and draining, to say the least with COVID-19 putting the world on pause and with the murders of George Floyd, Breonna Tayler, Elijah McCain, and unfortunately, the list goes on. This harsh reality for unarmed black people continues and as two black women, Megan and Destini are trying to find answers."

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The Middlebury Campus' Caroline King attends a Black Lives Matter protest in Atlanta and shares her thoughts.