- Collection:
- Chattanooga Sit-ins and desegregation
- Title:
- Print, Photographic
- Creator:
- Wilson, Delmont
- Date of Original:
- 1960-02
- Subject:
- Race relations
Chattanooga (Tenn.)--Race relations
African Americans--Tennessee--Chattanooga
African Americans--Social conditions
Civil rights demonstrations--Tennessee--Chattanooga
Civil rights workers--Tennessee--Chattanooga
Segregation--Tennessee--Chattanooga
Discrimination in public accommodations--Tennessee--Chattanooga
F.W. Woolworth Company - Location:
- United States, Tennessee, Hamilton County, Chattanooga, 35.04563, -85.30968
- Medium:
- photographs
- Type:
- StillImage
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- Black and white photograph of police talking to people during the Chattanooga sit-ins of February 1960. In this photograph from the third or fourth day of protests, officers talked to several young men outside of Woolworth's. People and police stood among the crowd. The name "Wilson" is written on the back referring to the photographer, likely Delmont Wilson of the Chattanooga News-Free Press.
- Metadata URL:
- http://chattanooga.pastperfectonline.com/photo/AE26177D-64FA-4D83-8A8A-846665427042
- Language:
- eng
- Contributing Institution:
- University of Tennessee at Chattanooga
- Rights: