tnmpl_memphiscrp_000204 000204 memphiscrp tnmpl yes Demonstration during public school boycott Withers, Ernest C., 1922-2007 Civil rights movements--Tennessee--Memphis Civil rights demonstrations--Tennessee--Memphis African American civil rights workers--Tennessee--Memphis Civil rights workers--Tennessee--Memphis Civil rights--Tennessee--Memphis African Americans--Civil rights--Tennessee--Memphis African Americans--Tennessee--Memphis Boycotts--Tennessee--Memphis Memphis (Tenn.)--Race relations Race relations African American clergy--Tennessee--Memphis Segregation in education--Tennessee--Memphis Bell, Ezekial Sugarmon, Laurie Black-and-white photograph from the fall of 1969 of Laurie Sugarmon and Reverend Ezekial Bell leading a demonstration during the Memphis, Tennessee public school boycott. Civil rights workers in Memphis organized "Black Mondays," school boycotts where African American children stayed out of school on Mondays, to protest the all-white school board over a district that was predominately African American. In November 1969, two non-voting African Americans were appointed to the school board, ending the boycotts. The University of Tennessee Libraries (Knoxville, Tennessee) is the digital publisher. The Civil Rights Digital Library received support from a National Leadership Grant for Libraries awarded to the University of Georgia by the Institute of Museum and Library Services for the aggregation and enhancement of partner metadata. Knoxville, Tenn. : University of Tennessee, Knoxville in association with Memphis Public Library Memphis Public Library. Memphis and Shelby County Room Volunteer Voices (Project) 2006-09-06 Black-and-white photographs http://idserver.utk.edu/?id=200700000001423 Memphis Civil Rights Photograph Collection, Box 1, Item 21, Memphis Public Library, Memphis, Tennessee 1969 Shelby County (Tenn.) Memphis (Tenn.) For current rights information, please visit: http://idserver.utk.edu/?id=200600000001200 20101201 104357