A photograph of a massive crowd of silent marchers at the Court House Square, Davidson County Courthouse, James Robertson Parkway, Nashville, Tennessee, April 19, 1960. A crowd of over 3000 participants marched in silence from the campus of...
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 Brown II, ordering that schools to desegregate...
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 Charter Commission members at work, circa 1962. Pictured here, from left to right, are Alexander Looby, Cecil Branstetter, Harlan Dodson, and Edward Hicks. These four men were appointed to both the first and second Charter...
A photograph of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and Reverend Kelly Miller Smith at Fisk University, Nashville, Tennessee, April 21, 1960, preparing to speak to an audience of over 4000 following the bombing of the home of prominent civil rights...
A photograph of lead defense attorneys for student demonstrators, Davidson County Courthouse, Nashville, Tennessee, March 2, 1960. Attorney Robert E. Lillard gestures in his defense of the students on trial for their part in the sit-in...
A photograph of members of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee and Guy Carawan of the Highlander Folk School at a mass meeting at Fisk University, Nashville, Tennessee, April 21, 1960, following the bombing of attorney Z. Alexander...
A photograph of the Charter Commission at work, circa 1962. Members of the commission appointed by Nashville Mayor Ben West were Carmack Cochran, R. N. Chenault, Alexander Looby, Rebecca Thomas, and Joe Torrence. Members of the commission...
A photograph of the Charter Commission at work, circa 1962. Members of the commission appointed by Nashville Mayor Ben West were Carmack Cochran, R. N. Chenault, Alexander Looby, Rebecca Thomas, and Joe Torrence. Members of the commission...
A photograph of Z. Alexander Looby at the city jail, Nashville, Tennessee. Mr. Looby, a local lawyer had addressed an American Veteran's Committee public meeting at Bethlehem Center on November 1, 1950. This photograph appeared in the Nashville...
An excerpt from an interview with Buster Boguskie, conducted on January 19, 1995 by Carole Bucy as part of the Metro Consolidation Oral History Interviews. Boguskie discusses his role in the consolidation of the city and county governments. He...
An excerpt from an interview with Cecil Branstetter, conducted on February 17, 1995 by Carole Bucy as part of the Metro Consolidation Oral History Interviews. Branstetter discusses his role in the consolidation of the city and county governments. ...
An excerpt from an interview with Charlie Howell, conducted on January 5, 1995 by Carole Bucy as part of the Metro Consolidation Oral History Interviews. Howell discusses his role in the consolidation of the city and county governments. He also...
An excerpt from an interview with Clay Bailey, conducted on March 1, 1995 by Carole Bucy as part of the Metro Consolidation Oral History Interviews. Bailey discusses his role in the consolidation of the city and county governments. He also...
An excerpt from an interview with Clay Bailey, conducted on March 1, 1995 by Carole Bucy as part of the Metro Consolidation Oral History Interviews. Bailey discusses his role in the consolidation of the city and county governments. He also...
An excerpt from an interview with Fate Thomas, conducted on May 30, 1995 by Carole Bucy as part of the Metro Consolidation Oral History Interviews. Thomas discusses his role in the consolidation of the city and county governments. He also...
An excerpt from an interview with Fate Thomas, conducted on May 30, 1995 by Carole Bucy as part of the Metro Consolidation Oral History Interviews. Thomas discusses his role in the consolidation of the city and county governments. He also...
An excerpt from an interview with Ferris Deep, conducted on December 16, 1994 by Carole Bucy as part of the Metro Consolidation Oral History Interviews. Deep discusses his role in the consolidation of the city and county governments. He also...
An excerpt from an interview with Ferris Deep, conducted on December 16, 1994 by Carole Bucy as part of the Metro Consolidation Oral History Interviews. Deep discusses his role in the consolidation of the city and county governments. He also...
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 in the consolidation of the city and county...