Nashville Public Library Digital Collections Portal: Civil Rights
Oral histories, records, and black-and-white photographs related to the Civil Rights movement in Nashville, Tennessee.
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Publisher
Items were selected from the following collections: Nashville Banner Archives, Century III Nashville Collection, Civil Rights Ephemera Collection, Civil Rights Oral History Project, Jack Knox Political Cartoon Collection, Nashville Business Leaders Oral History Project, and the Veterans History Project Collection.
Date of Original
1940/2006
Subject
African Americans--Civil rights--Tennessee--Nashville
Civil rights workers--Tennessee--Nashville
African Americans--Segregation
African Americans--Suffrage
Civil rights demonstrations--Tennessee--Nashville
Civil rights movements--Tennessee--Nashville
Social change--Tennessee--Nashville
Student protesters--Tennessee--Nashville
Activists--American--Tennessee--Nashville
Protest movements--Tennessee--Nashville
Nashville (Tenn.)--History
Nashville (Tenn.)--Social conditions
Southern States--Race relations--History--20th century--Sources
Nashville (Tenn.)--Race relations
Race relations
Sit-ins--Tennessee--Nashville
Location
United States, Tennessee, Davidson County, Nashville, 36.16589, -86.78444
Medium
black-and-white photographs
oral histories (literary works)
sound recordings
records
Type
StillImage, Sound
Description
The Digital Library at the Nasvhille (Tennessee) Public Library contains materials relating to the history and culture of the city of Nashville and of Davidson County. Civil rights materials in the collection include photographs from the archive of the Nashville Banner newspaper, oral histories of civil rights workers and business leaders in the community, oral histories of veterans from the area, and other objects from the civil rights movement., 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.
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.
Contributing Institution
Nashville Public Library
Nashville Public Library (Tenn.). Special Collections Division
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