A photograph of Mrs. Wilma Folwell, librarian, and the student library assistants on the steps of Bailey School in 1954. Bailey School, built in 1929, is located in the Eastwood neighborhood of East Nashville. The student library assistants were...
An excerpt from a public meeting with former Nashville Mayor Beverly Briley conducted on April 5, 1968. Meeting held to discuss Vanderbilt student protest that took place on April 4. The main issue discussed was the calling of the National...
Excerpts from an interview with civil rights leaders Guy and Candie Carawan on 17 January 2003 by Kathy Bennett as part of the Civil Rights Oral History Project. In the excerpts Candie and Guy Carawan discuss Candie's parents' reaction to her...
A photograph of student demonstrators being arrested and escorted into a paddy wagon after a nonviolent protest at the Greyhound Bus Terminal, 6th Avenue and Commerce Street, Nashville, Tennessee, March 3, 1960. Students continued demonstrations...
A photograph of student demonstrators, in front of the previously segregated Post House Restaurant located inside the Greyhound Bus Terminal, 6th Avenue and Commerce Street, Nashville, Tennessee, March 3, 1960. Led by Student Nonviolent...
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 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 leaders from the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) leaving the Estes Kefauver Federal Building and United States Courthouse in downtown Nashville, Tennessee, on May 23, 1967. They were attending a trial of a suit...
A photograph of student nurses at Nashville's General Hospital attending babies in the nursery. Student nurses were responsible for many duties including caring for newborns, surgical nursing, and working in the diet kitchen and sometimes even...
A photograph of Stokely Carmichael at the 1967 IMPACT Symposium, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee, April 8, 1967. Carmichael's 1967 appearance at Vanderbilt University would be cited as "the cause of significant controversy throughout...
Named after Alonzo Napier, brother of J.C. Napier, this original Napier school building, seen here from the side, opened mid way through the 1897-1898 school year. It was located at the corner of Robinson and Fairfield. Completion of the school...
Washington Junior High opened in September of 1928 for students in grades seven through nine. It was named for George E. Washington, a prominent Nashville educator and former principal of Pearl High School. J.A. Galloway was the school's first...
Excerpts from an interview with civil rights activists Bernard LaFayette, Jr., James Bevel and Ernest Rip Patton conducted on 17 January 2003 by Kathryn G. Bennett. In the excerpts Rev. Bernard LaFayette, Jr. discusses his decision as a young man...
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...
Excerpts from an interview with civil rights leader Dr. Rodney N. Powell on 29 March 2005 by Kathy Bennett as part of the Civil Rights Oral History Project. In the excerpts Rodney Powell talks about social conscience; being part of the student...
Excerpts from an interview with civil rights movement participant King M. Hollands, conducted on 28 June 2006 by Larry Patterson as part of the Nashville Public Library's Civil Rights Oral History Project. Hollands was one of the first students to...
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...
A photograph showing some of the high school attendees at the 1950 Christmas dinner held at the Fannie Battle Day Home. The dinner was "given in honor of the tiny tots at the Fannie Battle Day Home by members of the Fannie Battle Social Workers...
An edited excerpt with transcript and photograph from an interview with Kay Rowe, conducted on 10 October 2007 by student Caitlin Smith at the Nashville StoryCorps StoryBooth, located in the Nashville Room of the Nashville Public Library. Kay...
An edited excerpt with transcript and photograph from an interview with Cathie Buckner, conducted on 10 October 2007 by student Amearah Elsamadicy at the Nashville StoryCorps StoryBooth, located in the Nashville Room of the Nashville Public...