tnn_npldl_nblrobertsk1004clip1 nblrobertsk1004clip1 npldl tnn yes Excerpt 7 from oral history interview with Kenneth L. Roberts, 2006 July 27 Roberts, Kenneth L., 1932- Businesspeople--Tennessee--Nashville Civic leaders--Tennessee--Nashville Lawyers--Tennessee--Nashville Bankers--Tennessee--Nashville Business enterprises--Tennessee--Nashville Central business districts--Tennessee--Nashville Civil rights movements--Tennessee--Nashville Civil rights--Tennessee--Nashville African Americans--Civil rights--Tennessee--Nashville Civil rights demonstrations--Tennessee--Nashville Civil rights workers--Tennessee--Nashville Restaurants--Tennessee--Nashville Segregation--Tennessee--Nashville African Americans--Segregation--Tennessee--Nashville Nashville (Tenn.)--History--Sources Nashville (Tenn.)--Commerce Nashville (Tenn.)--Economic conditions Nashville (Tenn.)--Social conditions Nashville (Tenn.)--Social life and customs Nashville (Tenn.)--Race relations Roberts, Kenneth L., 1932- --Interviews West, Ben, 1911-1974 An excerpt from an oral history interview with Nashville business and civic leader Kenneth L. Roberts, conducted on 27 July 2006 by Cabot Pyle as part of the Nashville Public Library's Nashville Business Leaders Oral History Project: The Turner Interviews. Roberts discusses the civil rights movement in Nashville, including Nashville Mayor Ben West agreeing to end segregation at lunch counters in 1960. The complete interview, as well as an index, is available in the repository. Nashville, Tenn. : Special Collections Division of the Nashville Public Library Pyle, Cabot Pollard 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 Sound recordings Oral histories http://digital.library.nashville.org/u?/nr,534 audio/mp3 (732 KB; 46 sec.) Excerpted from: NBLRobertsK digital recording converted from wav to mp3 format in 2006. Nashville Business Leaders Oral History Project, Special Collections Division, Nashville Public Library. Forms part of online collection: Civil Rights Online Collection. 2006-07-27 Nashville (Tenn.) Davidson 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