- Collection:
- Nashville Public Library Digital Collections Portal: Civil Rights
- Title:
- Excerpt 1 from oral history interview with Adolpho Birch, 2005 June 22
- Creator:
- Birch, Adolpho A., 1932-
- Contributor to Resource:
- Egerton, John
James, Carolyn - Publisher:
- Excerpted from: CROHPBirch audio cassette recording(s) converted to mp3 format in 2006.
Civil Rights Oral History Project, Special Collections Division, Nashville Public Library. - Date of Original:
- 2005-06-22
- Subject:
- Kent College of Law (Nashville, Tenn.)
Young Men's Christian Association
African Americans--Social conditions
African Americans--Civil rights--Tennessee--Nashville
Civil rights--Tennessee--Nashville
Civil rights workers--Tennessee--Nashville
Civil rights movements--Tennessee--Nashville
African Americans--Segregation--Tennessee--Nashville
Law schools--Tennessee--Nashville
Law--Study and teaching--Tennessee--Nashville
Nashville (Tenn.)--Race relations
Nashville (Tenn.)--History
Nashville (Tenn.)--Social conditions
Birch, Adolpho A., 1932- --Interviews - People:
- Birch, Adolpho A., 1932-
Looby, Z. Alexander (Zephaniah Alexander), 1899-1972
Lillard, Robert Emmitt, 1907-1991 - Location:
- United States, Tennessee, Davidson County, Nashville, 36.16589, -86.78444
- Medium:
- sound recordings
oral histories (literary works) - Type:
- Sound
- Description:
- An excerpt from an oral history interview with Nashville Civil Rights Movement participant Adolpho A. Birch, conducted on 22 June 2005 by John Egerton as part of the Nashville Public Library's Civil Rights Oral History Project. Birch discusses the Colored YMCA Law School, also known as the Kent College of Law, in Nashville, how the school was established, and some of the other people who attended or taught at the school, including Robert Lillard and Z. Alexander Looby. The complete interview, as well as a transcript, is available in the repository.
- Metadata URL:
- http://digital.library.nashville.org/u?/nr,220
- 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:
- audio/mp3 (1.60 MB; 1 min., 45 sec.)
- Contributing Institution:
- Nashville Public Library (Tenn.). Special Collections Division
- Rights:
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