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West, Ben, 1911-1974

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Mayor of Nashville (1951-63). At one critical moment during the sit-in demonstrations of 1960 protest marchers challenged West to take a stand against segregation. He did so, and the Nashville business community quickly agreed to desegregate department store lunch counters, making Nashville the first southern city to desegregate public facilities. -- Tennessee Encyclopedia of History and Culture WWW site.

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West, Ben, 1911-1974

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Excerpt 7 from oral history interview with Kenneth L. Roberts, 2006 July 27

Creator:: Roberts, Kenneth L., 1932-
Date of Original:: 2006-07-27
Collection:: Nashville Public Library Digital Collections Portal: Civil Rights
Contributing Institution:: Nashville Public Library (Tenn.). Special Collections Division