tnn_npldl_cre-tn-tent_city cre-tn-tent_city npldl tnn yes Tent City "Home of the Brave," circa 1960 AFL-CIO. Industrial Union Dept. African Americans--Tennessee--Fayette County Sharecroppers--Tennessee--Fayette County Voter registration--Tennessee--Fayette County Tenant farmers--Tennessee--Fayette County Civil rights movements--Tennessee African Americans--Civil rights--Tennessee Evictions--Tennessee--Somerville Fayette County (Tenn.)--Race relations Fayette County (Tenn.)--Social conditions Fayette County (Tenn.)--History Helstein, Ralph Towles, Shephard McFerren, John Pamphlet of the story of "Tent City," Fayette County, Tennessee, circa 1960. This pamphlet is the result of an investigation by Ralph Helstein, president of the United Packinghouse, Food and Allied Workers, into racial struggle and injustice in Fayette County, Tennessee. Tent City is the story of several hundred African American families, sharecroppers, tenant farmers and day workers who were driven from their homes and faced eviction in the dead of winter in Fayette County, Tennessee, because they exercised their American right to register and vote. Forms part of the Civil Rights Ephemera Collection. Nashville, Tenn. : Special Collections Division of the Nashville Public Library Public Library of Nashville and Davidson County. Special Collections Division Civil Rights Online Collection (Public Library of Nashville and Davidson County. Special Collections Division) 2006 Pamphlets http://digital.library.nashville.org/u?/nr,569 image/tiff 1 pamphlet : col. ; 6 x 9 in. Civil Rights Ephemera Collection, Special Collections Division, Nashville Public Library. Forms part of the online collection: Civil Rights Online Collection. 1960 Fayette County (Tenn.) 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. 20090526 204853