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 First Baptist Church East Nashville. This African American church was founded in 1866 by the Reverend Randall B. Vandavall, a slave born on March 23, 1832 at Neely's Bend. In the early years, the church was called Vandavall's...
A photograph of Troy Gibson, a Middle Tennessee State University student serving in the Tennessee National Guard, who stands outside a tent surrounded by boxes of water. The photograph was taken by Nashville Banner photographer Larry McCormack on...
A postcard of the Tennessee Agricultural and Industrial State College campus. This school was established in 1912 for the higher education of African American youth. Today the school is known as Tennessee State University. Forms part of the...
A studio portrait of Rebecca Landers in Women's Army Auxiliary Corps (WAAC) uniform, 26 May 1943. An inscription on the front of the photograph to her husband, Corris, reads: "Everlastingly your wife, Rebecca." A few months after this photograph...
Excerpts from an interview with civil rights movement participant Robert "Bobby" Cain, Jr., and his wife, Margo Cain, conducted on 13 June 2007 by Gwen Smith. Cain, one of the "Clinton 12," was the first African-American student to graduate from...
Pictured: An unidentified man at the podium of the stadium program at Middle Tennessee State College on the occasion of the MacArthur family honorary ceremony in 1951. General MacArthur and his wife Jean Faircloth MacArthur are seated at center...
Pictured: Arthur MacArthur (the son of Gen. Douglas and Jean Faircloth MacArthur) with a wrapped present, seated next to his military father, with others at the stadium program at Middle Tennessee State College on the occasion of the MacArthur...
Pictured: Arthur MacArthur standing on the platform with his mother Jean Faircloth MacArthur (wife of Gen. Douglas MacArthur), smiling and waving to the crowd, during the stadium program at Middle Tennessee State College on the occasion of the...
Pictured: Arthur MacArthur, young son of Gen. Douglas MacArthur and Jean Faircloth MacArthur standing with his parents at the stadium program at Middle Tennessee State College on the occasion of the MacArthur family honorary ceremony in 1951. The...
Pictured: Gen. Douglas MacArthur (left) standing next to an unidentified man in a suit (middle), and a military officer (right), at the stadium program at Middle Tennessee State College on the occasion of the MacArthur family honorary ceremony in...
Pictured: Gen. Douglas MacArthur and wife Jean Faircloth MacArthur and young son (Arthur) among a group of military officers and civilians, upon their arrival to speak at Middle Tennessee State College in 1951. Both General MacArthur and his wife...
Pictured: Gen. Douglas MacArthur holding the gloved hand of his wife Jean Faircloth MacArthur (wearing corsage), at the stadium program at Middle Tennessee State College on the occasion of the MacArthur family honorary ceremony in 1951. The city...
Pictured: Gen. Douglas MacArthur saluting with other military officers, on the stage with his wife and son and others at the stadium program at Middle Tennessee State College on the occasion of the MacArthur family honorary ceremony in 1951. The...
Pictured: Gen. Douglas MacArthur speaking from the podium at the Middle Tennessee State College program honoring the MacArthur family in 1951. The city of Murfreesboro welcomed the couple with a parade and celebration in honor of the couples’...
Pictured: General Douglas MacArthur at the podium presenting an address at Middle Tennessee State College on the occasion of the MacArthur family honorary ceremony in 1951. General MacArthur and his wife Jean Faircloth MacArthur are seated at...
Pictured: Jean Faircloth MacArthur (wearing corsage), wife of Gen. Douglas MacArthur, on the platform at the Middle Tennessee State College program honoring the MacArthur family in 1951. The city of Murfreesboro welcomed the couple with a parade...
Pictured: Jean Faircloth MacArthur holding a fishing rod, seated next to son Arthur on the platform among military officials and townspeople, at Middle Tennessee State College on the occasion of an honorary ceremony in 1951. Both General MacArthur...
Pictured: Jean Faircloth MacArthur speaking with an unidentified man at the stadium program at Middle Tennessee State College on the occasion of the MacArthur family honorary ceremony in 1951. The city of Murfreesboro welcomed the couple with a...
Pictured: Jean Faircloth MacArthur, at the speakers’ podium, as her husband Gen. Douglas MacArthur smiles: he is standing behind her next to a man holding a silver tray. This event was at the stadium program at Middle Tennessee State College on...