- Collection:
- Memphis civil rights photograph collection
- Title:
- Students conduct a lunch counter sit-in
- Creator:
- Withers, Ernest C., 1922-2007
- Publisher:
- Memphis Civil Rights Photograph Collection, Memphis Public Library, Memphis, Tennessee
- Date of Original:
- 1960/1967
- 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
Protest marches--Tennessee--Memphis
Demonstrations--Tennessee--Memphis
Signs and signboards--Tennessee--Memphis
Direct action--Tennessee--Memphis
Sit-ins--Tennessee--Memphis
LeMoyne College--Students
Owen College--Students
Signs and signboards--Tennessee--Memphis
Discrimination in restaurants--Tennessee--Memphis
Restaurantshttp://idserver.utk.edu/?id=200700000001428 - Location:
- United States, Tennessee, Shelby County, Memphis, 35.14953, -90.04898
- Type:
- StillImage
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- Students from LeMoyne College and Owen College conduct a lunch counter sit-in. Downtown Memphis. Employee installing sign stating "This counter closed."
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%3A1877
- 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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