Civil Rights Plaintiff Rita Geier Receives Honorary Doctorate From UT College of Law • Tennessee Lookout

Civil Rights plaintiff Rita Geier receives honorary doctorate from UT College of Law • Tennessee Lookout

Retired attorney Rita Geier, center, accepts an honorary doctorate from Lonnie Brown, Jr., left, dean of the Frank Winston College of Law at the University of Tennessee, and Donde Plowman, chancellor of the University of Tennessee, Knoxville. (Photo: Emily Siner for the Tennessee Lookout)When former attorney and civil rights pioneer Rita Geier received an honorary doctorate degree last week from the University of Tennessee, it was an odd sort of…

Civil Rights plaintiff Rita Geier receives honorary doctorate from UT College of Law

When former attorney and civil rights pioneer Rita Geier received an honorary doctorate degree last week from the University of Tennessee, it was an odd sort of full-circle moment: The award recognized, in part, her role in suing the university…