- Collection:
- Volunteer Voices
- Title:
- March to support 1969 school boycott
- Contributor to Resource:
- Withers, Ernest C., 1922-2007 (Photographer)
- Date of Original:
- 1969
- Subject:
- Civil rights movements--Tennessee--Memphis--History--20th century--Pictorial works
Civil rights--Tennessee--Memphis
Civil rights
Civil rights movements--Tennessee
African Americans
Social reform movements - People:
- Jackson, Ralph
Bell, Ezekial
Smith, Maxine A.
Naantaanbuu, Adjua - Location:
- United States, Tennessee, Shelby County, 35.184, -89.8956
United States, Tennessee, Shelby County, Memphis, 35.14953, -90.04898 - Medium:
- digital images
photographs
prints (visual works) - Type:
- StillImage
- Format:
- image/jp2
- Description:
- March down Beale Street to support the school boycott in 1969. Pictured are (L to R): Jesse Epps, Ralph Jackson, Maxine Smith, Ezekial Bell, and Adjua Naantaanbuu. Signs read (L to R): "[Matter Not] Hard You Try You Can't Stop Us Now"; "Justice for All School Board and St. Joseph" (2 signs); "White Merchants Do Right Speak Out"
This object was added to the Digital Preservation Network in November 2017. - Metadata URL:
- https://digital.lib.utk.edu/collections/islandora/object/volvoices%3A1882
- Language:
- eng
- Original Collection:
- Volunteer Voices--http://digital.lib.utk.edu/collections/volvoices
Memphis Civil Rights Photograph Collection - Contributing Institution:
- University of Tennessee, Knoxville. Special Collections
- Rights: