Radical Volunteers: Dissent, Desegregation, and Student Power in Tennessee - Paperbackby Katherine J. Ballantyne (Author) Radical Volunteers tells the largely unknown story of southern student activism in Tennessee between the Brown decision in 1954 and the national backlash against the Kent State University shootings in May 1970. As one of the first statewide studies of student activism and one of the few examinations of southern student activism it broadens scholarly understanding of New Left and Black student radicalism from its