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A First Step toward school integration, 1958 June

Pamphlet written by Anna Holden in cooperation with the Nashville Congress of Racial Equality group, 1958. The pamphlet tells how a CORE group helped parents and children, despite the violence of segr ...

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A. Z. Kelley and the legal team for Kelley v. Board of Education of Nashville, 1955 September

A photograph of A. Z. Kelley and some of the legal team from Kelley v. Board of Education of Nashville in September 1955. Following the Brown v. Board of Education ruling, the Supreme Court issued Br ...

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Avon N. Williams, Jr., and Marie Bontemps celebrate after Tennessee state Senate race, 1968 August 01

A photograph of Avon N. Williams, Jr., being congratulated by his wife, Marie Bontemps, and supporters after his successful bid to become the first African American senator in Tennessee since Reconstr ...

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Bebbie Minter recalls being confronted with the reality of prejudice, 2007 October 03

An edited excerpt with transcript and photograph from an interview with Bebbie Minter, conducted on 3 October 2007 by her friend Heather Gardner at the Nashville StoryCorps StoryBooth, located in the ...

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Excerpt 01 from consolidation interview with former Nashville Mayor Richard Fulton, May 30, 1995

An excerpt from an interview with former Nashville Mayor Richard Fulton, conducted on May 30, 1995 by Carole Bucy as part of the Metro Consolidation Oral History Interviews. Fulton discusses his role ...

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Excerpt 02 from consolidation interview with former Nashville Mayor Richard Fulton, May 30, 1995

An excerpt from an interview with former Nashville Mayor Richard Fulton, conducted on May 30, 1995 by Carole Bucy as part of the Metro Consolidation Oral History Interviews. Fulton discusses his role ...

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Excerpt 1 from oral history interview with Adolpho Birch, 2005 June 22

An excerpt from an oral history interview with Nashville Civil Rights Movement participant Adolpho A. Birch, conducted on 22 June 2005 by John Egerton as part of the Nashville Public Library's Civil R ...

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Excerpt 1 from oral history interview with Angeline Butler, 2005 March

An excerpt from an oral history interview with Nashville Civil Rights Movement participant Angeline Emma Butler, conducted in March 2005 by Rachel Lawson as part of the Nashville Public Library's Civi ...

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Excerpt 1 from oral history interview with DeLois Wilkinson, 2002 October 31

An excerpt from an oral history interview with Nashville Civil Rights Movement participant DeLois Wilkinson, conducted on 31 October 2002 by Kathy G. Bennett as part of the Nashville Public Library's ...

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Excerpt 1 from oral history interview with Mary Frances Berry, 2003 September 05

An excerpt from an oral history interview with Nashville Civil Rights Movement participant Mary Frances Berry, conducted on 5 September 2003 by John Egerton as part of the Nashville Public Library's C ...

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Excerpt 1 from oral history interview with Wallace Westfeldt, 2002 October 31

An excerpt from an oral history interview with Nashville Civil Rights Movement participant Wallace Westfeldt, conducted on 31 October 2002 by Milt Capps as part of the Nashville Public Library's Civil ...

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Excerpt 1 from oral history interview with William Lewis Barnes, 2002 December 19

An excerpt from an oral history interview with Nashville Civil Rights Movement participant Rev. William Lewis Barnes, conducted on 19 December 2002 by Ed Hamlett as part of the Nashville Public Librar ...

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Excerpt 2 from oral history interview with Mary Frances Berry, 2003 September 05

An excerpt from an oral history interview with Nashville Civil Rights Movement participant Mary Frances Berry, conducted on 5 September 2003 by John Egerton as part of the Nashville Public Library's C ...

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Excerpt 6 from oral history interview with Kenneth L. Roberts, 2006 July 27

An excerpt from an oral history interview with Nashville business and civic leader Kenneth L. Roberts, conducted on 27 July 2006 by Cabot Pyle as part of the Nashville Public Library's Nashville Busin ...

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Excerpt 7 from oral history interview with Kenneth L. Roberts, 2006 July 27

An excerpt from an oral history interview with Nashville business and civic leader Kenneth L. Roberts, conducted on 27 July 2006 by Cabot Pyle as part of the Nashville Public Library's Nashville Busin ...

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Excerpt from a WPLN Nashville Forum with Stokely Carmichael, April 1967

An excerpt from a WPLN Nashville Forum with guest Stokely Carmichael held in April of 1967. Panel included Mr. Carmichael and members of the Nashville community. Topics discussed were African Americ ...

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Excerpt from public meeting about Vanderbilt student protest, April 5, 1968

An excerpt from a public meeting with former Nashville Mayor Beverly Briley conducted on April 5, 1968. Meeting held to discuss Vanderbilt student protest that took place on April 4. The main issue ...

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First dance with Lyndon, circa 1964

An original political cartoon drawing created by Jack Knox, the Nashville Banner editorial cartoonist from the mid-1940s to early 1970s. This caricature depicts President Lyndon Baines Johnson with a ...

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Fisk University Race Relations Conference, circa 1945

A photograph of conference participants posed together at the Race Relations Conference at Talley Hall, Fisk University. Fisk began hosting the annual Race Relations Institute in 1944. Organized by D ...

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Highlander Folk School, circa 1940

Pamphlet of the history of the Highlander Folk School, Monteagle, Tennessee. The pamphlet tells of Highlander's origins, history, programs, administration, and support. In 1932, Myles Horton, a nativ ...

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