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Professor Philip W. Carter, Jr., MSW, is a professor of Social Work and an academic activist with over 40 years at Marshall University and a total of 50 years of teaching, administering, and training in higher education. Professor Carter has taught and developed coursework in the areas of Appalachian social welfare, and legislation and has a 60-year legacy of social justice work. This advocacy began as a basketball player at Marshall where he was simultaneously a spokesperson for the student-led Civic Interest Progressives (CIP). The CIP was responsible for desegregation in public accommodation, the establishment of human rights commissions, and racial betterment on Marshall’s campus and in the Tri-State community and elsewhere in West Virginia.
Publication Date
2022
City
Huntington, West Virginia
Keywords
black history, African American, Marshall University, social work, racism
Disciplines
African American Studies | Arts and Humanities | Race and Ethnicity | Race, Ethnicity and Post-Colonial Studies | Social and Behavioral Sciences | Sociology
Recommended Citation
Johnson, Kelli, "Professor Philip W. Carter, Jr." (2022). Publications. 9.
https://mds.marshall.edu/african_american_pub/9
