- Collection:
- Memphis civil rights photograph collection
- Title:
- Black civil rights activists march while segregationists protest
- Creator:
- Withers, Ernest C., 1922-2007
- Publisher:
- Memphis Civil Rights Photograph Collection, Memphis Public Library, Memphis, Tennessee
- Date of Original:
- 1960
- Subject:
- Civil rights movements--Tennessee--Memphis
Civil rights demonstrations--Tennessee--Memphis
African American civil rights workers--Tennessee--Memphis
Civil rights workers--Tennessee--Memphis
Civil rights--Tennessee--Memphis
African Americans--Civil rights--Tennessee--Memphis
African Americans--Tennessee--Memphis
Men, White--Tennessee--Memphis
White supremacy movements--Tennessee--Memphis
Protest marches--Tennessee--Memphis
Demonstrations--Tennessee--Memphis
Picketing--Tennessee--Memphis
Signs and signboards--Tennessee--Memphis
Central business districts--Tennessee--Memphis
Police--Tennessee--Memphis
Segregationists--Tennessee--Memphis
White supremacy movements--Tennessee--Memphis - Location:
- United States, Tennessee, Shelby County, Memphis, 35.14953, -90.04898
- Type:
- StillImage
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- Black-and-white photograph from 1960 of civil rights demonstrators and white segregationists protesting on Main Street in Memphis, Tennessee. The primarily African American demonstrators carry signs calling for "Education and jobs now" while the white segregationists carry signs asking "How many of these Negroes have illegitimate 'child's' and collect welfare checks?" A white policeman stands between the two demonstrations.
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%3A1869
- Rights Holder:
- For current rights information, please visit: http://idserver.utk.edu/?id=200600000001200
- Additional Rights Information:
- Please contact holding institution for information regarding use and copyright status.
- Contributing Institution:
- Memphis Public Library. Memphis and Shelby County Room
- Rights:
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