Smith, Nate

Authoritative Name:

Smith, Nate

Biography:

The first African American member of Local 66 of the Operating Engineers' Union, founded Operation Dig, a program to train heavy equipment operators, and pressured his union to hire 90 of the trainees in the 1960s. He organized and led marches of the Black Construction Coalition from Freedom Corner and marched with demonstrators throughout the South. -- Urban League WWW site

Associated Subjects:

Smith, Nate

Archival Collections And Reference Resources:

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Ewari (Ed) Ellis, Nate Smith, Harvey Adams, possibly Richard Caliguiri, at ribbon cutting ceremony, with crowd in background

Creator:: Harris, Teenie, 1908-1998
Date of Original:: 1955/1975
Collection:: Documenting Our Past: The Teenie Harris Archive Project
Contributing Institution:: Carnegie Museum of Art

Mike Desmond, Rev. Jimmy Joe Robinson, Nate Smith, and Byrd Brown, leading protest march, with protesters including Vince Roots Wilson and Dr. Norman Johnson, police, and James Swampman Williams in hardhat, standing on street with St. Benedict the Moor church in background

Creator:: Harris, Teenie, 1908-1998
Date of Original:: 1960/1975
Collection:: Documenting Our Past: The Teenie Harris Archive Project
Contributing Institution:: Carnegie Museum of Art

Protesters, including Nate Smith and Reverend Jimmy Joe Robinson with flaming torches protesting against slum landlords outside duplex in Homewood Brushton

Creator:: Harris, Teenie, 1908-1998
Date of Original:: 1955/1970
Collection:: Documenting Our Past: The Teenie Harris Archive Project
Contributing Institution:: Carnegie Museum of Art

Smith, Nate

Documenting Our Past: The Teenie Harris Archive Project