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Memphis civil rights photograph collection

More About This Collection

Creator
Withers, Ernest C., 1922-2007

Date of Original
1960/1969

Subject
Civil rights movements--Tennessee--Memphis
African American civil rights workers--Tennessee--Memphis
Memphis (Tenn.)--Race relations

Location
United States, Tennessee, Shelby County, Memphis, 35.14953, -90.04898

Medium
photographs

Type
StillImage

Metadata URL
https://digital.lib.utk.edu/collections/islandora/search?type=dismax&f%5B0%5D=utk_mods_archColl_archID_ms%3AMemphis%5C%20Civil%5C%20Rights%5C%20Photograph%5C%20Collection&f%5B1%5D=utk_mods_relatedItem_titleInfo_title_ms%3A%22Memphis%5C%20Civil%5C%20Rights%5C%20Photograph%5C%20Collection%22&islandora_solr_search_navigation=0

Original Collection
Memphis civil rights photograph collection, Memphis Public Library, Memphis, Tennessee

Contributing Institution
Memphis Public Library. Memphis and Shelby County Room

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Collection Name Memphis civil rights photograph collection

1. Demonstration during public school boycott

Creator:: Withers, Ernest C., 1922-2007
Date of Original:: 1969
Collection:: Memphis civil rights photograph collection
Contributing Institution:: Memphis Public Library. Memphis and Shelby County Room

2. March to support 1969 school boycott

Creator:: Withers, Ernest C., 1922-2007
Date of Original:: 1969
Collection:: Memphis civil rights photograph collection
Contributing Institution:: Memphis Public Library. Memphis and Shelby County Room

3. Black civil rights activists march while segregationists protest

Creator:: Withers, Ernest C., 1922-2007
Date of Original:: 1960
Collection:: Memphis civil rights photograph collection
Contributing Institution:: Memphis Public Library. Memphis and Shelby County Room

4. Civil rights marchers picket Cotton Carnival

Creator:: Withers, Ernest C., 1922-2007
Date of Original:: 1960/1967
Collection:: Memphis civil rights photograph collection
Contributing Institution:: Memphis Public Library. Memphis and Shelby County Room

5. Civil rights march on Main Street, Memphis, Tennessee

Creator:: Withers, Ernest C., 1922-2007
Date of Original:: 1960
Collection:: Memphis civil rights photograph collection
Contributing Institution:: Memphis Public Library. Memphis and Shelby County Room

6. Maxine A. Smith at downtown business boycott

Date of Original:: 1960/1967
Collection:: Memphis civil rights photograph collection
Contributing Institution:: Memphis Public Library. Memphis and Shelby County Room

7. Students conduct a lunch counter sit-in

Creator:: Withers, Ernest C., 1922-2007
Date of Original:: 1960/1967
Collection:: Memphis civil rights photograph collection
Contributing Institution:: Memphis Public Library. Memphis and Shelby County Room

8. White segregationists stage counter protest

Creator:: Withers, Ernest C., 1922-2007
Date of Original:: 1960/1967
Collection:: Memphis civil rights photograph collection
Contributing Institution:: Memphis Public Library. Memphis and Shelby County Room

9. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and Mrs. Daisy Bates address Freedom Rally

Creator:: Withers, Ernest C., 1922-2007
Date of Original:: 1959-07-31
Collection:: Memphis civil rights photograph collection
Contributing Institution:: Memphis Public Library. Memphis and Shelby County Room

10. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. shakes hands with Benjamin L. Hooks

Creator:: Withers, Ernest C., 1922-2007
Date of Original:: 1959-07-31
Collection:: Memphis civil rights photograph collection
Contributing Institution:: Memphis Public Library. Memphis and Shelby County Room

11. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. speaks at Freedom Rally, Memphis, TN

Creator:: Withers, Ernest C., 1922-2007
Date of Original:: 1959-07-31
Collection:: Memphis civil rights photograph collection
Contributing Institution:: Memphis Public Library. Memphis and Shelby County Room

12. Black college and high school students arrested during demonstration

Creator:: Withers, Ernest C., 1922-2007
Date of Original:: 1950/1959
Collection:: Memphis civil rights photograph collection
Contributing Institution:: Memphis Public Library. Memphis and Shelby County Room