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 segregationist mobs, to desegregate public schools...
A photograph of former Nashville Mayor Ben West and former Metro Mayor Beverly Briley in the Bar Assembly Room in May 1958. At the time the photo was taken, West was Mayor of the City of Nashville and Briley was Davidson County Judge. The former...
A photograph of former Nashville Mayor Ben West and former Metro Mayor Beverly Briley in the Bar Assembly Room in May 1958. At the time the photo was taken, West was Mayor of the City of Nashville and Briley was Davidson County Judge. b & w; 3 x...
A photograph of former Nashville Mayor Ben West and former Metro Mayor Beverly Briley in the Bar Assembly Room in May 1958. At the time the photo was taken, West was Mayor of the City of Nashville and Briley was Davidson County Judge. b & w; 3 x...
The Honorary Citizenship of Nashville for Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt, presented by Mayor Ben West on January 13th, 1958. Two unidentified men are pictured on the right. She was named an honorary citizen by Mayor Ben West on January 13th, 1958. Forms...
A scene from the Maxwell House hotel fire in downtown Nashville, Tennessee on June 4th, 1958. This grand hotel was located at the corner of Fourth and Church, completed in 1859. This was the first of two fires, occurring in 1958. No injuries...
A scene from the Maxwell House hotel fire in downtown Nashville, Tennessee on June 4th, 1958. This grand hotel was located at the corner of Fourth and Church, completed in 1859. This was the first of two fires, occurring in 1958. No injuries...
A scene from the Maxwell House hotel fire in downtown Nashville, Tennessee on June 4th, 1958. This grand hotel was located at the corner of Fourth and Church, completed in 1859. This was the first of two fires, occurring in 1958. No injuries...
A scene from the Maxwell House hotel fire in downtown Nashville, Tennessee on June 4th, 1958. This grand hotel was located at the corner of Fourth and Church, completed in 1859. This was the first of two fires, occurring in 1958. No injuries...
A scene from the Maxwell House hotel fire in downtown Nashville, Tennessee on June 4th, 1958. This grand hotel was located at the corner of Fourth and Church, completed in 1859. This was the first of two fires, occurring in 1958. No injuries...
A scene from the Maxwell House hotel fire in downtown Nashville, Tennessee on June 4th, 1958. This grand hotel was located at the corner of Fourth and Church, completed in 1859. This was the first of two fires, occurring in 1958. No injuries...
A scene from the Maxwell House hotel fire in downtown Nashville, Tennessee on June 4th, 1958. This grand hotel was located at the corner of Fourth and Church, completed in 1859. This was the first of two fires, occurring in 1958. No injuries...
A scene from the Maxwell House hotel fire in downtown Nashville, Tennessee on June 4th, 1958. This grand hotel was located at the corner of Fourth and Church, completed in 1859. This was the first of two fires, occurring in 1958. No injuries...
A scene from the Maxwell House hotel fire in downtown Nashville, Tennessee on June 4th, 1958. This grand hotel was located at the corner of Fourth and Church, completed in 1859. This was the first of two fires, occurring in 1958. No injuries...
A scene from the Maxwell House hotel fire in downtown Nashville, Tennessee on June 4th, 1958. This grand hotel was located at the corner of Fourth and Church, completed in 1859. This was the first of two fires, occurring in 1958. No injuries...
A scene from the Maxwell House hotel fire in downtown Nashville, Tennessee on June 4th, 1958. This grand hotel was located at the corner of Fourth and Church, completed in 1859. This was the first of two fires, occurring in 1958. No injuries...
The waiting room at Nashville’s Union Station at Broadway and 10th Avenue, August 28th, 1958. The structure is a prominent architectural and historical landmark, placed on the National Register of Historic Places circa 1975. Forms part of...
A photograph of Coretta Scott King, Reverend Kelly Miller Smith and Mrs. D. Conrad Gandy at First Baptist Church, Nashville, Tennessee, October 20, 1958. Mrs. King addressed the group at a Women's Day program at First Baptist Church, 8th Avenue...
An original political cartoon drawing created by Jack Knox, the Nashville Banner editorial cartoonist from the mid-1940s to early 1970s. In the cartoon, a man and woman peek around a corner to see a huge bag of money ("Federal Aid to Schools"),...