- Collection:
- Memphis civil rights photograph collection
- Title:
- Maxine A. Smith at downtown business boycott
- Publisher:
- Memphis Civil Rights Photograph Collection, Box 1, Item 38, 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
Boycotts--Tennessee--Memphis
Memphis (Tenn.)--Race relations
Race relations
Segregation in education--Tennessee--Memphis
School boards--Tennessee--Memphis
Central business districts--Tennessee--Memphis
Signs and signboards--Tennessee--Memphis
African American women civil rights workers--Tennessee--Memphis
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People - People:
- Smith, Maxine Atkins
- Location:
- United States, Tennessee, Shelby County, Memphis, 35.14953, -90.04898
- Type:
- StillImage
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- Black-and-white photograph of a Maxine A. Smith, executive secretary of the Memphis branch of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) during a downtown business boycott in Memphis, Tennessee. Smith wears a sign that reads "Don't shop boycott" an African American young man wears a sign that reads "Black youth must have more jobs!"
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%3A1879
- 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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