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Clear All Subject Civil rights--Tennessee--Memphis

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Collection
Crossroads interviews

Description:
Date of Original:: 1975/2017
Contributing Institution:: Rhodes College

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Collection
LIFE Presents : never-before-published Photos From Memphis, April 4, 1968

Description:
Date of Original:: 1968-04
Contributing Institution:: LIFE magazine

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Collection
Memphis Sanitation Workers' Strike, 1968

Description:: Black-and-white photographs from the Memphis Press-Scimitar depicting the 1968 strike of the Memphis city sanitation workers.
Date of Original:: 1968
Contributing Institution:: University of Memphis. Libraries. Special Collections Department

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Collection
Russell B. Sugarmon collection

Description:: Documents related to judge and civil rights activist Russell B. Sugarmon.
Date of Original:: 1950
Contributing Institution:: Rhodes College

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Collection
Volunteer voices

Description:: Volunteer Voices provides access to digitized primary sources documenting the history and culture of Tennessee. Significant events from Civil Rights Movement are presented in this collection from the perspective of Tennesseans.
Date of Original:: 1801/2022
Contributing Institution:: University of Tennessee, Knoxville. Special Collections