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Nashville Public Library Digital Collections Portal: Civil Rights

Oral histories, records, and black-and-white photographs related to the Civil Rights movement in Nashville, Tennessee.

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Publisher
Items were selected from the following collections: Nashville Banner Archives, Century III Nashville Collection, Civil Rights Ephemera Collection, Civil Rights Oral History Project, Jack Knox Political Cartoon Collection, Nashville Business Leaders Oral History Project, and the Veterans History Project Collection.

Date of Original
1940/2006

Location
United States, Tennessee, Davidson County, Nashville, 36.16589, -86.78444

Medium
black-and-white photographs
oral histories (literary works)
sound recordings
records

Type
StillImage, Sound

Description
The Digital Library at the Nasvhille (Tennessee) Public Library contains materials relating to the history and culture of the city of Nashville and of Davidson County. Civil rights materials in the collection include photographs from the archive of the Nashville Banner newspaper, oral histories of civil rights workers and business leaders in the community, oral histories of veterans from the area, and other objects from the civil rights movement., 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://digital.library.nashville.org/digital/search/searchterm/civil%20rights

Rights Holder
U.S. and international copyright laws protect this digital content, which is provided for educational purposes only and may not be downloaded, reproduced, or distributed for any other purpose without written permission. Please contact the Special Collections Division of the Nashville Public Library, 615 Church Street, Nashville, Tennessee, 37219. Telephone (615) 862-5782.

Contributing Institution
Nashville Public Library
Nashville Public Library (Tenn.). Special Collections Division

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1. Photograph of participants in the Poor People's March, Nashville, Tennessee, 1968 May 08

Creator:: Gunter, Jack
Date of Original:: 1968-05-08
Collection:: Nashville Public Library Digital Collections Portal: Civil Rights
Contributing Institution:: Nashville Public Library (Tenn.). Special Collections Division

2. Photograph of Stokely Carmichael, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee, 1967 April 08

Creator:: Cooley, Vic
Date of Original:: 1967-04-08
Collection:: Nashville Public Library Digital Collections Portal: Civil Rights
Contributing Institution:: Nashville Public Library (Tenn.). Special Collections Division

3. Photograph of Reverend Joseph Metz Rollins and police officers, 1963 May 09

Creator:: Foster, Don
Date of Original:: 1963-05-09
Collection:: Nashville Public Library Digital Collections Portal: Civil Rights
Contributing Institution:: Nashville Public Library (Tenn.). Special Collections Division

4. Photograph of students marching during the Freedom March on Jefferson Street, Nashville, Tennessee, 1963 March 23

Creator:: Goodman, Bill
Date of Original:: 1963-03-23
Collection:: Nashville Public Library Digital Collections Portal: Civil Rights
Contributing Institution:: Nashville Public Library (Tenn.). Special Collections Division

5. Photograph of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and Reverend Kelly Miller Smith, Fisk University, Nashville, Tennessee, 1960 April 21

Creator:: Gunter, Jack
Date of Original:: 1960-04-21
Collection:: Nashville Public Library Digital Collections Portal: Civil Rights
Contributing Institution:: Nashville Public Library (Tenn.). Special Collections Division

6. Photograph of mass meeting, Fisk University, Nashville, Tennessee, with Guy Carawan leading song on guitar, 1960 April 21

Creator:: Gunter, Jack
Date of Original:: 1960-04-21
Collection:: Nashville Public Library Digital Collections Portal: Civil Rights
Contributing Institution:: Nashville Public Library (Tenn.). Special Collections Division

7. Photograph of a massive crowd of silent marchers, Nashville, Tennessee, 1960 April 19

Date of Original:: 1960-04-19
Collection:: Nashville Public Library Digital Collections Portal: Civil Rights
Contributing Institution:: Nashville Public Library (Tenn.). Special Collections Division

8. Photograph of demonstrators, led by Reverend James Luther Bevel, Greyhound Bus Terminal, Nashville, Tennessee, 1960 March 03

Creator:: Cooley, Vic
Date of Original:: 1960-03-03
Collection:: Nashville Public Library Digital Collections Portal: Civil Rights
Contributing Institution:: Nashville Public Library (Tenn.). Special Collections Division

9. Photograph of student demonstrators being escorted into a paddy wagon, Nashville, Tennessee, 1960 March 03

Creator:: Cooley, Vic
Date of Original:: 1960-03-03
Collection:: Nashville Public Library Digital Collections Portal: Civil Rights
Contributing Institution:: Nashville Public Library (Tenn.). Special Collections Division

10. Photograph of defense attorneys for student demonstrators, Nashville, Tennessee, 1960 March 02

Creator:: Cooley, Vic
Date of Original:: 1960-03-02
Collection:: Nashville Public Library Digital Collections Portal: Civil Rights
Contributing Institution:: Nashville Public Library (Tenn.). Special Collections Division

11. Photograph of crowd, Fehr Elementary School, corner of Fifth Avenue and Garfield Street, Nashville, Tennessee, 1957 September 09

Creator:: Malone, John
Date of Original:: 1957-09-09
Collection:: Nashville Public Library Digital Collections Portal: Civil Rights
Contributing Institution:: Nashville Public Library (Tenn.). Special Collections Division

12. Photograph of Grace McKinley walking her daughter, Linda Gail McKinley to Fehr Elementary School, Nashville, Tennessee, 1957 September 09

Creator:: Malone, John
Date of Original:: 1957-09-09
Collection:: Nashville Public Library Digital Collections Portal: Civil Rights
Contributing Institution:: Nashville Public Library (Tenn.). Special Collections Division

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