- Collection:
- Volunteer Voices
- Title:
- The truth about Columbia Tennessee cases
- Date of Original:
- 1945/1970
- Subject:
- African Americans--Tennessee--Columbia
African Americans--Civil rights
Southern Conference for Human Welfare
Civil rights movements--Tennessee
African Americans
Civil rights
Social reform movements - Location:
- United States, 39.76, -98.5
United States, Tennessee, Maury County, 35.61694, -87.07701 - Medium:
- pamphlets
- Type:
- Text
- Format:
- image/jp2
- Description:
- This pamphlet presents the results of an investigation into a race-related incident that happened in Columbian, Tennessee on February 25, 1946 by the Southern Conference for Human Welfare. The incident reportedly involved the arrest and abuse by police officials of approximately 100 African-Americans who prevented the lynching of a young African-American Navy veteran.
The University of Tennessee Libraries (Knoxville, Tennessee) is the digital publisher. - Metadata URL:
- https://digital.lib.utk.edu/collections/islandora/object/volvoices%3A6669
- Language:
- eng
- Original Collection:
- Digital Collection: The Growth of Democracy in Tennessee: A Grassroots Approach to Volunteer Voices
- Contributing Institution:
- University of Tennessee, Knoxville. Special Collections
- Rights:
-
