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Excerpt 1 from oral history interview with Adolpho Birch, 2005 June 22

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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.
Location	Closed Stacks-CROHPBirch