Items and Collections

Date of Original
1956/1968

Subject
African American civic leaders--Tennessee--Nashville
African American civil rights workers--Violence against--Alabama
African American civil rights workers--Violence against--Tennessee--Memphis
African Americans
African Americans--Civil rights
African Americans--Civil rights--Southern States
African Americans--Segregation
Alabama--Race relations
Assassination--Tennessee--Memphis
Civic leaders--Tennessee--Nashville
Civil rights demonstrations--Alabama
Civil rights demonstrations--United States
Civil rights movements--Alabama
Civil rights movements--Southern States
Civil rights movements--United States
Civil rights workers--Violence against--Alabama
Civil rights workers--Violence against--Tennessee--Memphis
Civil rights--Southern States
Deans (Education)--Tennessee--Nashville
Discrimination in public accommodations--United States
Fisk University--Employees
Flags--Law and legislation--United States
Freedom Rides, 1961
Gun control--United States
Legislation--United States
Legislators--United States
Men, White--Tennessee--Memphis
Mobs--Alabama
Physicians--Tennessee--Nashville
Politicians--Southern States
Poor People's Campaign
Protest movements--United States
Race relations
Segregation in education--Public opinion--Southern States
Segregation in transportation--Alabama
Segregation--Law and legislation--United States
Segregation--Southern States
Southern States--Race relations
United States. Civil Rights Act of 1964
United States. Congress (88th : 1963-1965)
United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Foreign Relations
United States. Constitution
United States. Dept. of the Interior. Office of the Secretary--Officials and employees
Violence

People
King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968--Assassination
Gore, Albert, 1907-1998
Jones, Lawrence Neale, 1921-2009

Location
United States, Tennessee, Rutherford County, 35.8427, -86.41674
United States, Tennessee, Rutherford County, Murfreesboro, 35.84562, -86.39027

Medium
instructional materials
slide shows
photographs

Type
StillImage, Text

Description
Civil rights-related correspondence of Senator Albert Gore, Sr. from 1956 to 1968. Topics include the 1961 Freedom Rides and Dr. King's assassination., The Civil Rights Digital Library received support from a National Leadership Grant for Libraries awarded to the University of Georgia by the Institute of Museum and Library Services for the aggregation and enhancement of partner metadata.

Metadata URL
https://mtsu.edu/gorecenter/record/3/Albert+Gore+Sr.+Senate+Papers

Original Collection
Albert Gore Sr. Senate Collection, Albert Gore Research Center, Murfreesboro, Tennessee

Contributing Institution
Albert Gore Research Center (Murfreesboro, Tenn.)

Rights