- Collection:
- Memphis civil rights photograph collection
- Title:
- Civil rights march on Main Street, Memphis, Tennessee
- 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
Protest marches--Tennessee--Memphis
Demonstrations--Tennessee--Memphis
Central business districts--Tennessee--Memphis
Police--Tennessee--Memphis
African American clergy--Tennessee--Memphis
Photographers--Tennessee--Memphis
African American Catholics--Tennessee--Memphis - People:
- Bunton, Henry Clay, 1903-
Lyke, James P., 1939-1992 - 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 marching in downtown Memphis, Tennessee. The demonstration is led by African American clergy, possibly Father Lyke and Bishop Henry C. Bunton, one of whom wears his clerical robes. White policemen stand opposite the demonstrators, and a white photographer takes a picture. People stand along the sidewalk and watch the demonstration.
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%3A1870
- 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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