- Collection:
- Nashville Public Library Digital Collections Portal: Civil Rights
- Title:
- 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
- Subject:
- Nashville Christian Leadership Conference
African Americans--Civil rights--Tennessee--Nashville
Civil rights demonstrations--Tennessee--Nashville
Civil rights movements--Tennessee--Nashville--History--Sources
Nonviolence--Tennessee--Nashville
African American civil rights workers--Tennessee--Nashville
African Americans--Civil rights--Tennessee--Nashville
African Americans--Tennessee--Nashville--History--Sources
Segregation--Tennessee--Nashville
Protest movements--Tennessee--Nashville
Activists--American--Tennessee--Nashville
Minorities--Tennessee--Nashville
Nashville (Tenn.)--History--Sources
Nashville (Tenn.)--Social conditions
Southern States--Race relations--History--20th century--Sources
Jefferson Street (Nashville, Tenn.)
Eighteenth Avenue (Nashville, Tenn.) - People:
- Lewis, John, 1940-2020
Allen, Archie E.
Smith, Kelly Miller, 1920-1984 - 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 anti-segregation demonstrators during the Freedom March, 18th Avenue North and Jefferson Street, Nashville, Tennessee, March 23, 1963. Leading the march is John R. Lewis and Archie E. Allen. The Freedom March was sponsored by the Projects Committee of the Nashville Christian Leadership Council. According to Reverend Kelly Miller Smith, the "Freedom March was designed to emphasize that the current movement was a people's movement and not just a leader's cause." The marchers started at the campus of Tennessee State A & I, down 8th Avenue North, then into the downtown area. The Freedom March was the largest planned organized protest in Nashville since the 1960s downtown sit-ins. Forms part of the Nashville Banner Archives.
- Metadata URL:
- http://digital.library.nashville.org/u?/nr,560
- 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 ; 2.25 x 2.25 in.
- Original Collection:
- Nashville Banner Archives, Special Collections Division, Nashville Public Library.
- Contributing Institution:
- Nashville Public Library (Tenn.). Special Collections Division
- Rights:
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