Phil Durrett · Voices of Illinois · University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Library

Title: Phil Durrett
Date(s): 10/3/2019
Interviewee(s): Phil Durett See all items with this value
Interviewer(s): Jessica Ballard See all items with this value
Summary: Phil Durrett attended the U of I starting in 1965, but left in 1967. He was active in the student protest movement, specifically in the protests against Dow Chemical. Dow Chemical attempted to recruit students to work for the company, but Durrett and others staged a protest to prevent the recruiters from doing so. He was initially expelled from the university but appealed and was instead put on probation. Durrett decided to transfer to Amherst instead of finishing his studies at the U of I.
Subject(s): student protest reunion See all items with this value; students for a democratic society See all items with this value; protests See all items with this value; civil rights movement See all items with this value; vietnam war See all items with this value
Related Resources: Chronology of Campus Protests, ca. 1972 (RS: 41/66/700); The University of Illinois in the Cold War Era 1945-1975: 1967 Protest-Sit-In against DOW Chemical; The University of Illinois in the Cold War Era 1945-1975: Students for a Democratic Society (SDS) at U of I