- Collection:
- Stetson Kennedy Papers
- Title:
- Greenville, Texas, welcome sign
- Creator:
- Kennedy, Stetson
- Contributor to Resource:
- Southern Labor Archives
- Date of Original:
- 1940/1959
- Subject:
- Race discrimination
African Americans--Segregation
Business districts
Signs (Notices) - People:
- Kennedy, Stetson
- Location:
- United States, Texas, Hunt County, Greenville, 33.13845, -96.11081
- Medium:
- photographic prints
- Type:
- StillImage
- Format:
- image/jp2
- Description:
- Large banner over Lee Street in downtown Greenville, Texas. Text on sign: "Greenville Welcome, The Blackest Land, The Whitest People." Text on reverse: "'Deep in the Heart of Texas.' In the South, the self-constituted 'aristocracy' embraces all whites, excludes all Negroes. This sign over Greenville, Texas, says 'The Blackest Land--The Whitest People.'" Stetson Kennedy (1916-2011), writer and civil rights activist, collected these photographs during the course of his career fighting for equality throughout the Southern United States.
- Local Identifier:
- L1979-37_041
- Metadata URL:
- http://digitalcollections.library.gsu.edu/cdm/ref/collection/SKennedy/id/10553
- Rights Holder:
- This Item is protected by copyright and/or related rights. You are free to use this Item in any way that is permitted by the copyright and related rights legislation that applies to your use. In addition, no permission is required from the rights-holder(s) for educational uses. For other uses, you need to obtain permission from the rights-holder(s).
- Bibliographic Citation (Cite As):
- Cite as: L1979-37_041, Stetson Kennedy Papers, L1979-37, Southern Labor Archives. Special Collections and Archives, Georgia State University, Atlanta.
- Original Collection:
- Stetson Kennedy papers, Special Collections and Archives, Georgia State University Library
- Contributing Institution:
- Georgia State University. Special Collections
- Rights:
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