- Collection:
- A Celebration of Fisk University Through Photographs, Programs and Publications
- Title:
- John R. Lewis, circa 1975
- Date of Original:
- 1970/1980
- Subject:
- African American universities and colleges
African American men
Political participation
Demonstrations
Civil rights movements - Location:
- United States, Tennessee, Davidson County, Nashville, 36.16589, -86.78444
- Medium:
- black-and-white photographs
- Type:
- StillImage
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- John R. Lewis (1940-2020), Class of 1967, was a Georgia Congressman who led the march across the Edmund Peters Bridge on March 7, 1965 in Selma, Alabama. Lewis was also involved in sit-in movement in Nashville, Freedom rides and the March on Washington.
- Metadata URL:
- http://hbcudigitallibrary.auctr.edu/cdm/ref/collection/FUPP/id/565
- Language:
- eng
- Additional Rights Information:
- Images in these collections are either protected by copyright or are the property of Special Collections of Fisk University Franklin Library. To order a reproduction or to inquire about permission to publish, please contact bhowse@fisk.edu or 615.329.8646.
- Original Collection:
- The Special Collections and Archives of the John Hope and Aurelia E. Franklin Library at Fisk University
- Contributing Institution:
- John Hope and Aurelia E. Franklin Library (Fisk University)
- Rights:
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