- Collection:
- Volunteer Voices
- Title:
- Letter, Nov. 22, A.D. 1993, Jackson, Tennessee to Lt. Governor John S. Wilder
- Date of Original:
- 1945/1970
- Subject:
- Civil rights--Tennessee--Memphis
National Civil Rights Museum
Civil rights movements--Tennessee
African Americans
Civil rights
Social reform movements - People:
- Branch, Lee E., Sr.
Wilder, John S. - Location:
- United States, Tennessee, Madison County, Jackson, 35.61452, -88.81395
United States, Tennessee, Shelby County, 35.184, -89.8956 - Medium:
- letters (correspondence)
- Type:
- Text
- Format:
- image/jp2
- Description:
- This letter describes the events that lead to saving the Lorraine Motel, site of Dr. King`s assassination, from destruction. It also provides capsule descriptions of many individuals contributions to the civil rights struggle in Memphis, as remembered by Lee Branch. Mr. Branch was on the Board of Directors of the National Civil Rights Museum.
The University of Tennessee Libraries (Knoxville, Tennessee) is the digital publisher. - Metadata URL:
- https://digital.lib.utk.edu/collections/islandora/object/volvoices%3A6695
- 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:
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