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Excerpt 1 from oral history interview with Adolpho Birch, 2005 June 22
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Description
Title
Excerpt
1
from
oral
history
interview
with
Adolpho
Birch
,
2005
June
22
Personal name
Birch
,
Adolpho
A.
,
1932-
--Interviews
;
Looby
,
Z
.
Alexander
(Zephaniah
Alexander)
,
1899-
;
Lillard
,
Robert
Emmitt
,
1907-1991
Corporate name
Kent College of Law (Nashville, Tenn.)
Young Men's Christian Association
Topical entry
Civil Rights
African Americans
Race Relations
Education
Colleges and Universities
African Americans--Social conditions
African Americans--Civil rights--Tennessee--Nashville
Civil rights--Tennessee--Nashville
Civil rights workers--Tennessee--Nashville
Civil rights movements--Tennessee--Nashville
African Americans--Segregation--Tennessee--Nashville
Law schools--Tennessee--Nashville
Law--Study and teaching--Tennessee--Nashville
Geographic entry
Nashville (Tenn.)--Race relations
Nashville (Tenn.)--History
Nashville (Tenn.)--Social conditions
Description
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
Colored
YMCA
Law
School
, also
known
as the
Kent
College
of
Law
, in
Nashville
, how the
school
was
established
, and
some
of the
other
people
who
attended
or
taught
at the
school
,
including
Robert
Lillard
and
Z
.
Alexander
Looby
. The
complete
interview
, as
well
as a
transcript
,
is
available
in the
repository
.
Creator
Birch
,
Adolpho
A.
,
1932-
(Interviewee)
;
Egerton
,
John
(Interviewer)
Publisher
Special
Collections
Division
of the
Nashville
Public
Library
,
615
Church
Street
,
Nashville
,
Tennessee
,
37219
Contributors
James
,
Carolyn
(Transcriber)
Date
2005-06-22
Type
Sound
;
Oral
histories
Format
audio/mp3
(1.60
MB
;
1
min.
,
45
sec.)
Identifier
CROHPBirch11bclip1
Source
Excerpted from: CROHPBirch audio cassette recording(s) converted to mp3 format in 2006.
Language
English
Relation
Civil
Rights
Oral
History
Project
Coverage
2000-2009
Rights
U.S
. and
international
copyright
laws
protect
this
digital
content
,
which
is
provided
for
educational
purposes
only
and
may
not be
downloaded
,
reproduced
, or
distributed
for any
other
purpose
without
written
permission
.
Please
contact
the
Special
Collections
Division
of the
Nashville
Public
Library
,
615
Church
Street
,
Nashville
,
Tennessee
,
37219
.
Telephone
(615)
862-5782
.
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