- Collection:
- Nashville Public Library Digital Collections Portal: Civil Rights
- Title:
- Excerpt 1 from oral history interview with DeLois Wilkinson, 2002 October 31
- Creator:
- Wilkinson, DeLois Jackson, 1924-2005
- Contributor to Resource:
- Bennett, Kathy G.
James, Carolyn - Publisher:
- Excerpted from: CROHPWilkinson audio cassette recording(s) converted to mp3 format in 2006.
Civil Rights Oral History Project, Special Collections Division, Nashville Public Library. - Date of Original:
- 2002-10-31
- Subject:
- Nashville Christian Leadership Conference
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
Nashville (Tenn.)--Race relations
Nashville (Tenn.)--History - People:
- Wilkinson, DeLois Jackson, 1924-2005--Interviews
- Location:
- United States, Tennessee, Davidson County, Nashville, 36.16589, -86.78444
- Medium:
- sound recordings
oral histories (literary works) - Type:
- Sound
- Format:
- audio/mpeg
- Description:
- An excerpt from an oral history interview with Nashville Civil Rights Movement participant DeLois Wilkinson, conducted on 31 October 2002 by Kathy G. Bennett as part of the Nashville Public Library's Civil Rights Oral History Project. Wilkinson discusses Nashville's role as a model for movements in the rest of the South, raising money to fund the Movement, social conditions in Nashville during the Movement, and the non-violence training provided by the Nashville Christian Leadership Council (NCLC), the local affiliate of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference. The complete interview, as well as a transcript, is available in the repository.
- Metadata URL:
- http://digital.library.nashville.org/u?/nr,188
- Language:
- eng
- Rights Holder:
- U.S. and international copyright laws protect this digital content. This image 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 interview ; circa 2 min., 46 sec.
- Contributing Institution:
- Nashville Public Library (Tenn.). Special Collections Division
- Rights:
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