Smith, Kelly Miller, 1920-1984

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"Kelly Miller Smith was the influential pastor of Nashville's First Baptist Church, Capitol Hill, from 1951 until his death in 1984. He was also assistant dean of the Vanderbilt Divinity School from 1969 to 1984. As president of the Nashville NAACP from 1956 to 1959, founder and president of the Nashville Christian Leadership Conference (NCLC) from 1958 to 1963, and a founding board member of the Nashville Urban League, he was one of the city's most influential black leaders."--Tennessee Encylopedia of History and Culture

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Smith, Kelly Miller, 1920-1984

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Excerpt 6 from oral history interview with Kenneth L. Roberts, 2006 July 27

Creator:: Roberts, Kenneth L., 1932-
Date of Original:: 2006-07-27
Collection:: Nashville Public Library Digital Collections Portal: Civil Rights
Contributing Institution:: Nashville Public Library (Tenn.). Special Collections Division

Photograph of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and Reverend Kelly Miller Smith, Fisk University, Nashville, Tennessee, 1960 April 21

Creator:: Gunter, Jack
Date of Original:: 1960-04-21
Collection:: Nashville Public Library Digital Collections Portal: Civil Rights
Contributing Institution:: Nashville Public Library (Tenn.). Special Collections Division

Photograph of students marching during the Freedom March on Jefferson Street, Nashville, Tennessee, 1963 March 23

Creator:: Goodman, Bill
Date of Original:: 1963-03-23
Collection:: Nashville Public Library Digital Collections Portal: Civil Rights
Contributing Institution:: Nashville Public Library (Tenn.). Special Collections Division

Southern school news

Creator:: Southern Education Reporting Service
Date of Original:: 1964-01-01
Collection:: Southern school news
Contributing Institution:: University of Georgia. Libraries

Smith, Kelly Miller, 1920-1984

Nashville Public Library Digital Collections Portal: Civil Rights

Southern school news