When Vanderbilt invited a militant advocate of 'black power' to speak 41 years ago this week, the resulting controversy rocked the city from Jefferson Street to Belle Meade Boulevard
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Editor's note: The following is an excerpt from Bill Carey's new book Chancellors, Commodores, and Coeds: A History of Vanderbilt University. Copies of it can be purchased at Amazon.com.