- Collection:
- Nashville Public Library Digital Collections Portal: Civil Rights
- Title:
- Oral history interview with David Swett, Jr., 2006 July 17, excerpt 03
- Creator:
- Swett, David E., 1968-
- Contributor to Resource:
- Egerton, John
- Date of Original:
- 2006-07-17
- Subject:
- Swett's Restaurant (Nashville, Tenn.)--History
Businesspeople--Tennessee--Nashville
African American businesspeople--Tennessee--Nashville
Business enterprises--Tennessee--Nashville
Family-owned business enterprises--Tennessee--Nashville
Minority business enterprises--Tennessee--Nashville
African American business enterprises--Tennessee--Nashville
Restaurants--Tennessee--Nashville
Food service--Tennessee--Nashville
Dinners and dining--Tennessee--Nashville
African Americans--Social conditions--Tennessee--Nashville
Civil rights movements--Tennessee--Nashville
African Americans--Economic conditions--Tennessee--Nashville
African Americans--Civil rights--Tennessee--Nashville
Desegregation--Tennessee--Nashville
Nashville (Tenn.)--History--Sources
Nashville (Tenn.)--Commerce
Nashville (Tenn.)--Race relations
Nashville (Tenn.)--Social conditions
Nashville (Tenn.)--Economic conditions - People:
- Swett, David E., 1968- --Interviews
Swett, Walter, 1904-1994 - 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 businessman David Swett, Jr., conducted on 17 July 2006 by John Egerton as part of a cooperative effort between the Nashville Public Library's Nashville Business Leaders Oral History Project and the Southern Foodways Alliance. Swett discusses his grandfather Walter Swett's opinions about desegregation and how it caused some people to lose their businesses. He also explains that Swett's always had a racially diverse clientele, even during the 1950s and 1960s. The complete interview, as well as a transcript, is available in the repository.
- Metadata URL:
- http://digital.library.nashville.org/u?/nr,1000
- Language:
- eng
- 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 (2 min., 14 sec.)
- Original Collection:
- Excerpted from: NBLSwettD digital recording converted from wav to mp3 format in 2006.
Nashville Business Leaders Oral History Project, Special Collections Division, Nashville Public Library. - Contributing Institution:
- Nashville Public Library (Tenn.). Special Collections Division
- Rights:
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