- Collection:
- Albert Gore Sr. Senate Collection
- Title:
- Letter on Civil Rights, Fisk University, 2
- Creator:
- Gore, Albert, 1907-1998
- Date of Original:
- 1963-08-02
- Subject:
- Civil rights--United States
Legislation--United States
Civil rights movements--United States
Legislators--United States
Politicians--Tennessee
African Americans
African Americans--Civil rights
United States. Civil Rights Act of 1964
United States. Congress (88th : 1963-1965)
Segregation--Law and legislation--United States
Discrimination in public accommodations--United States
Deans (Education)--Tennessee--Nashville
African American civic leaders--Tennessee--Nashville
Civic leaders--Tennessee--Nashville
Fisk University--Employees - People:
- Gore, Albert, 1907-1998
Jones, Lawrence Neale, 1921-2009 - Location:
- United States, Tennessee, Davidson County, Nashville, 36.16589, -86.78444
- Type:
- Text
- Description:
- This letter is one in a chain of correspondence between Senator Albert Gore and Fisk University's Dean of Chapel, Dr. Lawrence N. Jones. The two men are discussing Senate Bill S-1731, proposed civil rights legislation submitted for consideration to Congress by President Kennedy during June 1963.
The University of Tennessee Libraries (Knoxville, Tennessee) is the digital publisher.
The Civil Rights Digital Library received support from a National Leadership Grant for Libraries awarded to the University of Georgia by the Institute of Museum and Library Services for the aggregation and enhancement of partner metadata. - Metadata URL:
- https://digital.lib.utk.edu/collections/islandora/object/volvoices%3A8430
- Additional Rights Information:
- For current rights information, please visit: http://idserver.utk.edu/?id=200600000001200
- Original Collection:
- Albert Gore Sr. Senate Collection, D32, "1963 Civil Rights (1)", Albert Gore Sr. Research Center, Murfreesboro, Tennessee
- Contributing Institution:
- Albert Gore Research Center (Murfreesboro, Tenn.)
- Rights: