- Collection:
- Maxine A. Smith NAACP Collection
- Title:
- NAACP Report of Executive Secretary, July 19th thru August 1, 1961
- Creator:
- Smith, Maxine Atkins
- Publisher:
- Maxine A. Smith NAACP Collection, Box 1, Folder 1, Memphis Public Library, Memphis, Tennessee
- Date of Original:
- 1961-08-02
- Subject:
- National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. Memphis Branch
Civil rights movements--Tennessee--Memphis
Civil rights--Tennessee--Memphis
African Americans--Tennessee--Memphis
African Americans--Civil rights--Tennessee--Memphis
Civil rights workers--Tennessee--Memphis
African American civil rights workers--Tennessee--Memphis
Memphis (Tenn.)--Race relations
Race relations
Sit-ins--Tennessee--Memphis
Civil rights demonstrations--Tennessee--Memphis
Protest marches--Tennessee--Memphis
Boycotts--Tennessee--Memphis
Segregation--Tennessee--Memphis
African Americans--Segregation--Tennessee--Memphis
Race discrimination--Tennessee--Memphis - Location:
- United States, Tennessee, Shelby County, Memphis, 35.14953, -90.04898
- Type:
- Text
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- Report from the executive secretary of the Memphis, Tennessee branch of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) for July 19 through August 1, 1961. The report details local civil rights work, including sit-ins, weekly freedom marches, Freedom Movement expansion, weekly neighborhood freedom rallies, and donations to the Fighting Fund for Freedom. The report also contains a recommendation to move the local NAACP offices to another building.
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%3A7042
- 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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