- Collection:
- Nashville Public Library Digital Collections Portal: Civil Rights
- Title:
- Photograph of mass meeting, Fisk University, Nashville, Tennessee, with Guy Carawan leading song on guitar, 1960 April 21
- Creator:
- Gunter, Jack
- Date of Original:
- 1960-04-21
- Subject:
- Fisk University
Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (U.S.)
Highlander Folk School (Monteagle, Tenn.)
Folk music--United States
Protest songs--Tennessee--Nashville
African Americans--Civil rights--Tennessee--Nashville
Civil rights movements--Tennessee--History--Sources
Nonviolence--Study and teaching--Tennessee--Nashville
African Americans--Tennessee--Nashville--History--Sources
Segregation--Tennessee--Nashville
Folk music--Tennessee--Nashville
Activists--American--Tennessee--Nashville
Nashville (Tenn.)--History--Sources
Nashville (Tenn.)--Social conditions
Nashville (Tenn.)--Race relations
Southern States--Race relations--History--20th century--Sources - People:
- Carawan, Guy
Lewis, John, 1940-2020
Alexander, Peggy
Walker, Matthew
Looby, Z. Alexander (Zephaniah Alexander), 1899-1972 - Location:
- United States, Tennessee, Davidson County, Nashville, 36.16589, -86.78444
- Medium:
- black-and-white photographs
- Type:
- StillImage
- Format:
- image/tiff
- Description:
- A photograph of members of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee and Guy Carawan of the Highlander Folk School at a mass meeting at Fisk University, Nashville, Tennessee, April 21, 1960, following the bombing of attorney Z. Alexander Looby's home. Guy Carawan is credited with teaching many of the Nashville student leaders the song "We Shall Overcome."
- Metadata URL:
- http://digital.library.nashville.org/u?/nr,558
- Rights Holder:
- 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.
- Extent:
- 1 photograph negative : b&w ; 3.25 x 4.25 in.
- Original Collection:
- Forms part of the Nashville Banner Archives, Special Collections Division, Nashville Public Library.
- Contributing Institution:
- Nashville Public Library (Tenn.). Special Collections Division
- Rights:
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