Ed Tant

Ed Tant is an American writer, journalist, and activist. He was a long-time columnist for the Athens Banner-Herald and is currently a columnist for Flagpole Magazine.

Life and career

He attended the University of West Georgia and was involved in student activism there.[1]

Tant has written for publications including the Athens Banner-Herald,[2] Flagpole Magazine,[3] Astronomy,[4] and The Atlanta Constitution.[5] He has been a nominee for the Georgia Writers Hall of Fame.[6] In 2009, Tant contributed photographs to an exhibition at the Athens Institute for Contemporary Art about the role of media.[7]

He worked as a security guard at the Georgia Museum of Art for seventeen years.[8][9][10] The New York Times has published letters by Tant about his experience as a museum guard.[11][12] In 2014, a couple donated a piece of art to the museum in honor of Tant.[13]

Tant participated in protests against the Vietnam War in the late 1960s and in protests against the Iraq War in the early 2000s.[14][15] He has been a volunteer at the Athens Human Rights Festival, whose guests have included David Dellinger and Lawrence Colburn.[16][17]

He was arrested in New York while covering protests around the 2004 Republican National Convention as a columnist for the Athens Banner-Herald.[18][19] The arrest of demonstrators and bystanders, including Tant, led to a successful class action lawsuit for false arrests.[14]

References

  1. ^ "The West Georgia counterculture, 1967-1974 - ProQuest". www.proquest.com. ProQuest 1873603917. Retrieved 2025-01-02.
  2. ^ "Sweet Athens". HuffPost. 2010-07-06. Retrieved 2025-01-02.
  3. ^ "Ed Tant, Author at Flagpole". Flagpole. Retrieved 2025-01-02.
  4. ^ "Ed Tant, Author at Astronomy.com". Astronomy Magazine. Retrieved 2025-01-02.
  5. ^ "Apr 04, 1979, page 5 - The Atlanta Constitution at Newspapers.com". Newspapers.com. Retrieved 2025-01-02.
  6. ^ "Nominees | Georgia Writer's Hall of Fame". georgiawritershalloffame.org. Retrieved 2025-01-02.
  7. ^ Art, Georgia Museum Of (2009-09-21). "Holbrook's Trunk: Art Around Athens". Holbrook's Trunk. Retrieved 2025-01-02.
  8. ^ "Why Do Museum Patrons Hurt the Ones They Love?". Big Think. 2012-11-02. Retrieved 2025-01-02.
  9. ^ "From the director - Facet" (PDF). georgiamuseum.org. Summer 2017.
  10. ^ Communications, Department Of (2017-06-01). "Holbrook's Trunk: Staff Spotlight: Ed Tant Retires After Seventeen Years". Holbrook's Trunk. Retrieved 2025-01-02.
  11. ^ "Opinion | Protecting Art from Visitors". The New York Times. 29 October 2012.
  12. ^ "Opinion | the Climate Protesters and the Museums". The New York Times. 14 July 2023.
  13. ^ "Georgia Museum of Art Annual Report" (PDF). eadn-wc01-4383690.nxedge.io. 2015.
  14. ^ a b rocquett.com, Rocquett Websites; Bean, Kelly Capers and Betsy (2019-04-19). "Activism Then and Now, Part 2". Boom Magazine. Retrieved 2025-01-02.
  15. ^ Staff Writer. "Tant: History has proved Iraq war protesters right". Online Athens. Retrieved 2025-01-02.
  16. ^ "Apr 22, 2001, page 113 - The Atlanta Journal at Newspapers.com". Newspapers.com. Retrieved 2025-01-02.
  17. ^ "May 14, 1994, page 18 - The Atlanta Journal at Newspapers.com". Newspapers.com. Retrieved 2025-01-02.
  18. ^ "Opinion | Arrested at a Protest (1 Letter)". The New York Times. 30 April 2007.
  19. ^ "Punishing Protest - Government Tactics That Suppress Free Speech" (PDF). www.prisonlegalnews.org.


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