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Nelson, Rachel West

Authoritative Name:

Nelson, Rachel West

Biography:

"Rachel West Nelson was born Rachel West. She grew up in Selma, Alabama with parents who supported and participated in the voting rights campaign in Selma. Nelson is the co-author of Selma, Lord, Selma recollections of the Selma marches as told to Frank Sikora. Selma, Lord, Selma was later made into a film which aired on "The Wonderful World of Disney" in 1999...Rachel West Nelson was nine years old when Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. came to Selma in 1965. Her parents were ardent supporters of Civil Rights activists, housing many in their home during the Selma marches. Nelson and her friend Sheyann Webb greatly admired Dr. King, which led them to attend mass meetings and march in demonstrations."--Eyes on the Prize Interviews, biography, Washington University in Saint Louis.

Associated Subjects:

Nelson, Rachel West

Archival Collections And Reference Resources:

20 items in 3 collections (expand all)

Al Benn and Rachel West Nelson during the 20th anniversary commemoration of the Selma to Montgomery March in Selma, Alabama.

Creator:: Sikora, Frank
Date of Original:: 1985-03-03
Collection:: Alabama Media Group Collection
Contributing Institution:: Alabama. Department of Archives and History

Civil rights activists Rachel Nelson and Sheyann Webb demonstrating at a Ku Klux Klan march in Selma, Alabama.

Creator:: Sikora, Frank
Bray, Bob
Date of Original:: 1979-08-10
Collection:: Alabama Media Group Collection
Contributing Institution:: Alabama. Department of Archives and History

Civil rights activists Rachel Nelson and Sheyann Webb demonstrating at a Ku Klux Klan march in Selma, Alabama.

Creator:: Sikora, Frank
Bray, Bob
Date of Original:: 1979-08-10
Collection:: Alabama Media Group Collection
Contributing Institution:: Alabama. Department of Archives and History

Civil rights activists Rachel Nelson and Sheyann Webb demonstrating at a Ku Klux Klan march on Broad Street in Selma, Alabama.

Creator:: Sikora, Frank
Bray, Bob
Date of Original:: 1979-08-10
Collection:: Alabama Media Group Collection
Contributing Institution:: Alabama. Department of Archives and History

Civil rights activists Sheyann Webb and Rachel Nelson demonstrating at a Ku Klux Klan march in Selma, Alabama.

Creator:: Sikora, Frank
Bray, Bob
Date of Original:: 1979-08-10
Collection:: Alabama Media Group Collection
Contributing Institution:: Alabama. Department of Archives and History

Civil rights activists Sheyann Webb and Rachel Nelson demonstrating at a Ku Klux Klan march in Selma, Alabama.

Creator:: Sikora, Frank
Bray, Bob
Date of Original:: 1979-08-10
Collection:: Alabama Media Group Collection
Contributing Institution:: Alabama. Department of Archives and History

Martin Luther King, Jr., speaking to an audience at Brown Chapel AME Church in Selma, Alabama.

Creator:: Peppler, Jim
Date of Original:: 1966-05-10
Collection:: Jim Peppler Southern Courier Photograph Collection
Contributing Institution:: Alabama. Department of Archives and History

Rachel West in the audience at Brown Chapel AME Church in Selma, Alabama, during a civil rights meeting.

Creator:: Peppler, Jim
Date of Original:: 1966-05-10
Collection:: Jim Peppler Southern Courier Photograph Collection
Contributing Institution:: Alabama. Department of Archives and History

Rachel West in the audience at Brown Chapel AME Church in Selma, Alabama.

Creator:: Peppler, Jim
Date of Original:: 1966-05-10
Collection:: Jim Peppler Southern Courier Photograph Collection
Contributing Institution:: Alabama. Department of Archives and History

Sheyann Webb and Rachel West in the audience at Brown Chapel AME Church in Selma, Alabama.

Creator:: Peppler, Jim
Date of Original:: 1966-05-10
Collection:: Jim Peppler Southern Courier Photograph Collection
Contributing Institution:: Alabama. Department of Archives and History

Sheyann Webb and Rachel West in the audience at Brown Chapel AME Church in Selma, Alabama.

Creator:: Peppler, Jim
Date of Original:: 1966-05-10
Collection:: Jim Peppler Southern Courier Photograph Collection
Contributing Institution:: Alabama. Department of Archives and History

Sheyann Webb and Rachel West in the audience at Brown Chapel AME Church in Selma, Alabama.

Creator:: Peppler, Jim
Date of Original:: 1966-05-10
Collection:: Jim Peppler Southern Courier Photograph Collection
Contributing Institution:: Alabama. Department of Archives and History

WSFA audiovisual item D047.0005

Date of Original:: 1965-05-11
Collection:: WSFA Collection
Contributing Institution:: Alabama. Department of Archives and History