- Collection:
- Tennessee State University Library Digital Collections
- Title:
- Avon Williams, 1977
- Date of Original:
- 1977
- Subject:
- African Americans--Civil rights
Associations, institutions, etc.
Portraits - Location:
- United States, Tennessee, Davidson County, Nashville, 36.16589, -86.78444
- Medium:
- color photographs
- Type:
- StillImage
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- A portrait of Avon Williams, who 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
- Language:
- eng
- Additional Rights Information:
- Physical Rights are retained by 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 the Tennessee State University Library. (Please cite object file name or title of item).
- Original Collection:
- Tennessee State University-Special Collections and Archives-Brown-Daniel Library
- Contributing Institution:
- Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCU) Library Alliance
- Rights:
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