- Collection:
- Tennessee State University Library Digital Collections
- Title:
- Avon Williams
- Date of Original:
- 1977
- Subject:
- African American universities and colleges
Tennessee State University
Legislators
School integration
Lawyers
Civil rights - Location:
- United States, Tennessee, 35.75035, -86.25027
- Type:
- StillImage
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- Avon Williams Became Involved In the Tennessee State University/University of Tennessee at Nashville Merger Suit as Attorney For the Plaintiff Interveners and Successfully Persuaded the Court That UT Nashville be Merged Into Tennessee State University. "This Was A Major Landmark Decision Because It Was The First Time In The History Of The Nation That A Major White Institution Was Absorbed By A Major Black Institution." On April 16, 1986 Tennessee State University's Downtown Campus Became Known as the Avon Williams Campus.
- Metadata URL:
- http://hbcudigitallibrary.auctr.edu/cdm/ref/collection/TSUL/id/383
- Additional Rights Information:
- Physical Rights are retained by Special Collections and Archives - Tennessee State University. Copyright© is retained in accordance with U.S. Copyright laws. To order a reproduction or inquire about permission to publish, please contact shull@tnstate.edu. (Please cite object file name of collection).
- Contributing Institution:
- Tennessee State University
- Rights: