A Nashville Banner news clipping article by staff writer Doug Looney covering an address presented at Fisk University by civil rights activist George Ware, of Atlanta, who spoke to students in anthropology professor P.C. Onwuachi's class on April...
An original political cartoon created by Jack Knox, the Nashville Banner editorial cartoonist from the mid-1940s to the early 1970s. In the foreground, Chief Justice Earl Warren and another judge look at a "No Prayer Decree" and look out the...
A photograph of six young women sitting on the ground in front of Nashville's Parthenon at Centennial Park, West End Avenue at 25th Avenue North, which is an exact replica of Athen's Parthenon. This photograph appeared in the Nashville Banner...
A photograph of the Christ the King's Boys' Choir singing "Put a candle in the window" at the 1950 Fannie Battle Social Workers' Christmas tea, held at the home of Mrs. Tony Sudekum. From left to right, the singers are: Robert Kirchner, Joe...
An original political cartoon drawing created by Jack Knox, the Nashville Banner editorial cartoonist from the mid-1940s to early 1970s. This cartoon is a caricature of the Democratic presidential balloting and supporters in the national election...
An aerial photograph of downtown Nashville, photographed for The Nashville Banner, by photographer John Morgan circa 1954. The view includes the urban landscape from the area adjacent to the Tennessee State Capitol building, south to Demonbreun...
An original political cartoon drawing created by Jack Knox, the Nashville Banner editorial cartoonist from the mid-1940s to the early 1970s. The two frames depict President Lyndon Baines Johnson with an iron glove ("For North Vietnam Aggression")...
A photograph of Mrs. Francis X. O'Donnell, theater chairman, and Mrs. George Harmon, downtown chairman, of the Fannie Battle Christmas Carol Committee of 1951, seen contacting theater manager Floyd Rice to arrange for carol singing at local...
1 map; 58 x 75 cm. A plat map of downtown Nashville, Tennessee, originally published in 1908 by G. M. Hopkins Company, showing the various buildings, landscapes, acreage, and street routes for several. Original building structures are depicted on...
1 map; 58 x 75 cm. A plat map of downtown Nashville, Tennessee and the surrounding area, originally published in 1908 by G. M. Hopkins Company, showing the various buildings, landscapes, acreage, and street routes for several blocks. Original...
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 Reconstruction. He ran for state senator from the 19th...
A photograph of the B & W Cafeteria on Sixth Avenue North, Nashville Tennessee. The cafeteria was started by Fred R. Webber, Sr. around 1930. Sixth Avenue was a business hub in the late 1930s and 1940s. Thousands of workers came to the cafeteria...
Pictured: Four sports athletes singing in a vocal quartet at the 1956 Banner Banquet of Champions in Nashville, Tennessee. This annual event was hosted by the Banner newspaper to honor sports achievement. Forms part of Record Group 412,...
Pictured: Athletic award winners (on left is Johnny Majors, next to unidentified man) signing autographs at the 1956 Banner Banquet of Champions, held at the Maxwell House Hotel in downtown Nashville. This annual event was hosted by the Banner...
Pictured: (left to right) Johnny Majors, Player of the Year award recipient of the 1956 Banner Banquet of Champions, unidentified man, James G. Stahlman and unidentified, photographed at the Belle Meade Country Club. The award ceremony was hosted...
Pictured: Football sports athlete Johnny Majors accepting the Player of the Year Award, with his son, at the 1956 Banner Banquet of Champions. This annual event honored sports achievement and was hosted by the Banner newspaper in Nashville,...
Pictured: Event hosts and dignitaries table, including Governor Frank Clement at the 1956 Banner Banquet of Champions held at the Maxwell House Hotel in downtown Nashville. This annual event was hosted by the Banner newspaper to honor sports...
A view of the 1956 Banner Banquet of Champions, held at the Maxwell House Hotel in downtown Nashville. This annual event was hosted by the Banner newspaper to honor sports achievement. Forms part of Record Group 412, Photographs Collection. 1...
A view of the 1956 Banner Banquet of Champions, held at the Maxwell House Hotel in downtown Nashville. This annual event was hosted by the Banner newspaper to honor sports achievement. Forms part of Record Group 412, Photographs Collection. 1...
A view of the 1956 Banner Banquet of Champions, held at the Maxwell House Hotel in downtown Nashville. This annual event was hosted by the Banner newspaper to honor sports achievement. Forms part of Record Group 412, Photographs Collection. 1...