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...
20; West; 21; 20.0x34.0; 68; III; 07/23/1857; Bond, John B. 1845-1920; Bond, O.Z. 1846-1941; Gaither, Mary D.Z. 1850-1871; Sansom, Louisa Z. 1856-1949 (Plat book says she was born in 1849); Sansom, Rich H. 1854-1923; Wilson, James Hazzard...
A photograph of Fannie Battle Day Home territorial chairmen seen at the home of Mrs. Howard Adkins, circa 4 December 1951, where she displays the symbol of the Fannie Battle carol singers, "A candle in the window; a carol at the door." Seen from...
An excerpt from an oral history interview with Nashville Civil Rights Movement participant Adolpho A. Birch, conducted on 22 June 2005 by John Egerton as part of the Nashville Public Library's Civil Rights Oral History Project. Birch discusses the...
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 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...
11; East; 23; 27.0x40.0; 326; I; 06/30/1845; Conley, Mrs. Susie 1854-1896; Connor, Mrs. Z. 1835-1910; Hawkins, Mary A. 1843-45; Hawkins, Virginia 1847-1865; Stephens, George 1844-1866
An original will of Z. A. Baker, of Davidson Co., Tennessee, dated December 6th, 1884. Illustrates the first page of the document. The envelope notation cites “Book 28, Pags. 523,” Davidson County Court. Forms part of Record Group 16,...
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...
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...
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...
14; ---; 8; 10.0X40.0; 33; II; 10/10/1849; Hailey, Adda T. 1853-1854; Hailey, Ader K. 1853-1854; Hailey, Frances R. 1865-1866; Hailey, Francis A. 1851-1852; Hailey, Julia E. 1863-1864; Hailey, Martha A. 1827-1892; Hailey, Quintilla T. g. 1823-1824;...
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...
An excerpt from an interview with Ken Miller, conducted on June 12, 1995 by Carole Bucy as part of the Metro Consolidation Oral History Interviews. Miller discusses his role in the consolidation of the city and county governments. He also...
An excerpt from an interview with Harry Lester, conducted on May 3, 1995 by Carole Bucy as part of the Metro Consolidation Oral History Interviews. Lester discusses his role in the consolidation of the city and county governments. He also...
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 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 Neill Brown, conducted on December 14, 1994 by Carole Bucy as part of the Metro Consolidation Oral History Interviews. Brown discusses his role in the consolidation of the city and county governments. He also...