- Title:
- Tennessee encyclopedia of history and culture
- Contributor to Resource:
- Tennessee Historical Society
University of Tennessee Press - Date of Original:
- 2002
- Subject:
- Civil rights movements--Tennessee
African Americans--Civil rights--Tennessee
Tennessee--Race relations--History--20th century
African American civil rights workers--Tennessee
Civil rights workers--Tennessee
Discrimination--Tennessee
Segregation in education--Tennessee
Segregation--Tennessee
Highlander Folk School (Monteagle, Tenn.)
Highlander Research and Education Center (Knoxville, Tenn.)
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
Fisk University
Civil rights demonstrations--Tennessee
National Civil Rights Museum - People:
- King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968
Du Bois, W. E. B. (William Edward Burghardt), 1868-1963
Horton, Myles, 1905-1990
Horton, Zilphia, 1910-1956
Lawson, James M., 1928-
Nash, Diane, 1938-
Wells-Barnett, Ida B., 1862-1931 - Location:
- United States, Tennessee, 35.75035, -86.25027
- Medium:
- encyclopedias
articles
photographs
portraits - Type:
- Text
- Description:
- Online encyclopedia with information about the Civil Rights movement in Tennessee, including articles about the history of the movement, important individuals in the civil rights struggle, and important events. Some articles have links to associated images.
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. - Metadata URL:
- http://tennesseeencyclopedia.net/
- Language:
- eng
- Rights Holder:
- Online Edition copyright ?2002 The University of Tennessee Press, Knoxville, Tennessee. All Rights Reserved.
- Additional Rights Information:
- For permission to use passages or images in the on-line edition, please contact the Tennessee Historical Society.
- Contributing Institution:
- Tennessee Encyclopedia of History and Culture
- Rights:
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