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Z. Alexander Looby with Mayor Ben West, 1955 February
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Z. Alexander Looby with Mayor Ben West, 1955 February
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Title
Z
.
Alexander
Looby
with
Mayor
Ben
West
,
1955
February
Personal name
Looby
,
Z
.
Alexander
(Zephaniah
Alexander)
,
1899-1972
;
West
,
Ben
,
1911-1974
Topical entry
African American lawyers--Tennessee--Nashville
Lawyers--Tennessee--Nashville--History--20th century
Civil rights leaders--Tennessee--Nashville
Civil rights movements--Tennessee--Nashville--History--20th century
Mayors--Tennessee--Nashville
Geographic entry
Nashville (Tenn.)--History--Sources
Nashville (Tenn.)--Buildings, structures, etc.
Nashville (Tenn.)--Social life and customs
Nashville and Davidson County (Tenn.)--History--Sources
Description
Pictured
:
Nashville
Mayor
Ben
West
(left)
with
Dr
.
Z
Alexander
Looby
(right)
,
circa
February
,
1955
.
Looby
was
born
in
Antigua
,
British
West
Indies
, on
April
8
,
1899
. He was a
notable
African-American
lawyer
and a
staunch
civil
rights
advocate
and
served
on the
old
city
council
and the
new
Metropolitan
Council
for
twenty
years
. In
1963
Looby
became
a
member
of the
Metropolitan
Charter
Commission
.
Mayor
Ben
West
was the
62nd
mayor
of
Nashville
, in
office
from
1951-1963
.
Forms
part
of
Record
Group
3
,
Metro
Davidson
County
Photographer
.
1
photograph
negative
:
b
&
w
;
4
x
5
in.
Publisher
Metropolitan
Nashville/Davidson
County
Archives
,
Nashville
Public
Library
Date
1955-02
Type
Still
Image
;
Negatives
Format
image/jpeg
Identifier
RG 3 4826 Z. Alexander Looby and Mayor West 001
Relation
Record
Group
3
Metro
Davidson
County
Photographer
Coverage
1950-1959
Rights
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. and
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content
,
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is
provided
for
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purposes
only
and
may
not be
downloaded
,
reproduced
, or
distributed
for any
other
purpose
without
written
permission
.
Please
contact
the
Metro
Archives
,
Nashville
Public
Library
,
615
Church
Street
,
Nashville
,
Tennessee
,
37219
.
Telephone
(615)
862-5880
.
Location
Closed Stacks, Metro Archives RG3
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