- Collection:
- Nashville Public Library Digital Collections Portal: Civil Rights
- Title:
- Photograph of crowd, Fehr Elementary School, corner of Fifth Avenue and Garfield Street, Nashville, Tennessee, 1957 September 09
- Creator:
- Malone, John
- Date of Original:
- 1957-09-09
- Subject:
- Fehr Elementary School (Nashville, Tenn.)
African Americans--Civil rights--Tennessee--Nashville
Civil rights movements--Tennessee--Nashville
African Americans--Segregation--Tennessee--Nashville
Segregation in education--Law and legislation--United States--History
Discrimination in education--Law and legislation--United States--History
School integration--United States
School children--Tennessee--Nashville
Schools--Tennessee--Nashville
Public schools--Tennessee--Nashville
Students--Tennessee--Nashville
School integration--Tennessee--Nashville
Nashville (Tenn.)--History--Sources
Nashville (Tenn.)--Race relations
Nashville (Tenn.)--Education
Nashville (Tenn.)--Social conditions
Southern States--Race relations--History--20th century--Sources - Location:
- United States, Tennessee, Davidson County, Nashville, 36.16589, -86.78444
- Medium:
- black-and-white photographs
- Type:
- StillImage
- Description:
- A photograph of irate segregationists exchanging words with supporters of desegregation at Fehr Elementary School, Nashville, Tennessee, 9 September 1957. Police officers escorted African American students into the school, marking the first day of public school desegregation in Nashville, Tennessee and what was known as the Nashville Plan, a plan to desegregate one grade per year starting with the first grade. Forms part of the Nashville Banner Archives.
- Metadata URL:
- http://digital.library.nashville.org/u?/nr,553
- Rights Holder:
- U.S. and international copyright laws protect this digital content, which is provided for educational purposes only and may not be downloaded, reproduced, or distributed for any other purpose without written permission. Please contact the Special Collections Division of the Nashville Public Library, 615 Church Street, Nashville, Tennessee, 37219. Telephone (615) 862-5782.
- Extent:
- image/tiff (32.3 MB)
1 photograph negative : b&w ; 3.25 x 4.25 in. - Original Collection:
- Nashville Banner Archives, Special Collections Division, Nashville Public Library.
- Contributing Institution:
- Nashville Public Library (Tenn.). Special Collections Division
- Rights:
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