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Subject Civil rights workers--Tennessee--Memphis Collection Name Memphis civil rights photograph collection

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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. 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

9. 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

10. 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

11. 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