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

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

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Title	Photograph of participants in the Poor People's March, Nashville, Tennessee, 1968 May 08
Topical entry	Civil Rights African Americans Race Relations Capital City Transportation African Americans--Civil rights--Tennessee--Nashville Poor People's Campaign Student protesters--Tennessee--Nashville Demonstrations--Tennessee--Nashville Civil rights--Tennessee--Nashville Civil rights workers--Tennessee--Nashville African Americans--Tennessee-Nashville--History--Sources Segregation--Tennessee--Nashville Activists--American--Tennessee--Nashville Protest movements--Tennessee--Nashville
Geographic entry	Nashville (Tenn.)--History--Sources Nashville (Tenn.)--Social conditions Southern States--Race relations--History--20th century--Sources
Description	A photograph of participants in the 1968 Poor People's March, Nashville, Tennessee, May 8, 1968. In March 1968, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. announced plans for the Poor People's Campaign for the purposes of organizing and uniting the poor across racial lines as well as calling national conscience to granting aid to the American poor. Demonstrators arrived in Washington, DC from nine major caravans that included modes of transportation from Greyhound buses to mule-drawn wagons. The Poor People's Campaign was one of the major priorities of Dr. King's final years and eventually was headed by Reverend Ralph Abernathy. Forms part of the Nashville Banner Archives. 1- 35 mm black & white photograph negative.
Creator	Gunter, Jack (Photographer)
Publisher	Special Collections Division of the Nashville Public Library, 615 Church Street, Nashville, Tennessee, 37219
Date	1968-05-08
Type	Still Image; Negatives; Photographs
Format	image/tiff
Identifier	BN 1968-1209-n14
Relation	Nashville Banner Archives
Coverage	1960-1969
Rights	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.
Location	Closed Stacks-BN 1968-1209-n14