Towles, Shephard
- Authoritative Name:
- Towles, Shephard
- Biography:
- African-American property owner on whose land African American residents formed a makeshift community know as "Tent City" after many African Americans were evicted from their homes by white tenants who objected to their demands for voting rights. -- Tennessee State University Digital Library WWW site.
- Associated Subjects:
- Towles, Shephard
- Archival Collections And Reference Resources:
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Tent City "Home of the Brave," circa 1960
- Creator:
- AFL-CIO. Industrial Union Department
- Date of Original:
- 1960
- Collection:
- Nashville Public Library Digital Collections Portal: Civil Rights
- Contributing Institution:
- Nashville Public Library (Tenn.). Special Collections Division