Rev. C. T. Vivian (b. 1924) is a nationally recognized racial reconciliation facilitator and diversity trainer. Originally from Peoria, Illinois, Vivian moved to Tennessee in the early 1960s and became a major force in the southern freedom movement. An ordained minister, Rev. Vivian worked in Nashville with James Lawson, Kelly Miller Smith, John Lewis, Diane Nash and others on that city’s pivotal nonviolent desegregation campaigns. He was also on the staff of Martin King’s Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC). Vivian is a founder of the Anti-Klan Network and in his nineties continues work as a racial justice and human rights activist.