- Collection:
- Nashville Public Library Digital Collections Portal: Civil Rights
- Title:
- Photograph of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and Reverend Kelly Miller Smith, Fisk University, Nashville, Tennessee, 1960 April 21
- Creator:
- Gunter, Jack
- Date of Original:
- 1960-04-21
- Subject:
- Fisk University
Nashville Christian Leadership Conference
African Americans--Civil rights--Tennessee--Nashville
Civil rights movements--Tennessee--Nashville--History--Sources
Nonviolence--History
Nonviolence--Study and teaching--Tennessee--Nashville
African Americans--Tennessee--Nashville--History--Sources
Segregation--Tennessee--Nashville
Manners and customs--Tennessee--Nashville
Activists--American--Tennessee--Nashville
Nashville (Tenn.)--History--Sources
Nashville (Tenn.)--Race relations
Nashville (Tenn.)--Social conditions
Nashville (Tenn.)--Race relations
Southern States--Race relations--History--20th century--Sources - People:
- King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968
Smith, Kelly Miller, 1920-1984
Looby, Z. Alexander (Zephaniah Alexander), 1899-1972 - Location:
- United States, Tennessee, Davidson County, Nashville, 36.16589, -86.78444
- Medium:
- black-and-white photographs
- Type:
- StillImage
- Format:
- image/tiff
- Description:
- A photograph of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and Reverend Kelly Miller Smith at Fisk University, Nashville, Tennessee, April 21, 1960, preparing to speak to an audience of over 4000 following the bombing of the home of prominent civil rights attorney, Z. Alexander Looby. While urging the audience to continue with the sit-in demonstrations, Dr. King gave an interpretation of nonviolence by saying: "We will say, do what you will to us, but we will wear you down by our capacity to suffer."
- Metadata URL:
- http://digital.library.nashville.org/u?/nr,559
- Rights Holder:
- U.S. and international copyright laws protect this digital content, which is provided for educational purposes only and may not be downloaded, reproduced, or distributed for any other purpose without written permission. Please contact the Special Collections Division of the Nashville Public Library, 615 Church Street, Nashville, Tennessee, 37219. Telephone (615) 862-5782.
- Extent:
- 1 photograph negative : b & w ; 3.25 x 4.25 in.
- Original Collection:
- Nashville Banner Archives, Special Collections Division, Nashville Public Library.
- Contributing Institution:
- Nashville Public Library (Tenn.). Special Collections Division
- Rights:
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