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Maxine Smith
Maxine (Atkins) Smith (October 31, 1929 — April 26, 2013) born in Memphis, Tennessee, United States, was an academic, civil rights activist, and school board official. Smith's leadership in the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), and her involvement with educational planning at both the local and state levels in Tennessee, enabled her to support the American Civil Rights Movement and advance school desegregation.
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Born
1929-10-31
Birth Place
Memphis, Tennessee, United States
Education
Spelman_College
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American_Civil_Rights_Movement
Spouse(s)
Vasco A. Smith, Jr.
Children
One
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Columbia, TNColumbia Daily Herald

Columbia State coordinator selected for Maxine Smith Fellowship

Columbia State Community College coordinator for the Office of College Success Advisors Johnny Wyatt has been selected alongside 21 faculty and staff members from colleges and universities across Tennessee in the 2021-22 Class of the Maxine Smith Fellows program. At Columbia State, Wyatt supervises professional advisors across the college's five...
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‘Opportunities’ await MTSU pair named Maxine Smith Fellows

MURFREESBORO, Tenn. — Middle Tennessee State University’s Brelinda Johnson and Daniel Green are among the 21 faculty and staff members from Tennessee colleges and universities selected to participate in the 2021-22 class of the Maxine Smith Fellows program. Johnson is Scholars Academy manager for the Office of Student Success while...
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Northeast’s Tongai Maodzwa selected as a Maxine Smith Fellow

BLOUNTVILLE — Tongai Maodzwa, coordinator of inclusive excellence at Northeast State Community College, has been selected as a 2021-22 Maxine Smith Fellow by the Tennessee Board of Regents (TBR). He joins 13 other faculty and staff members from TBR institutions in this year’s class. “I am grateful for the formal...
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