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A. Z. Kelley and the legal team for Kelley v. Board of Education of Nashville, 1955 September

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Title	A. Z. Kelley and the legal team for Kelley v. Board of Education of Nashville, 1955 September
Personal name	Smith, Kelly Miller, 1920- ; Marshall, Thurgood, 1908-1993; Looby, Z. Alexander (Zephaniah Alexander), 1899-1972; Kelley, A.Z. (Alfred Z.), 1912-1994
Corporate name	East Junior High School (Nashville, Tenn.)
Topical entry	Civil Rights African Americans Race Relations Education African Americans--Segregation--Southern States--History--20th century School integration--United States--History--20th century Brown versus Board of Education of Topeka Kelley versus Board of Education of Nashville Lawyers--Tennessee--Nashville--History--20th century Civil rights movements--Tennessee--Nashville--History--20th century Discrimination in education--Law and legislation--United States--History--20th century Education--Tennessee--Nashville--History--20th century Public schools--Tennessee--Nashville--History--20th century Civil rights leaders--Tennessee--Nashville--1950-1960
Geographic entry	Nashville (Tenn.)--History--20th century--Sources Southern States--Race relations--History--20th century--Sources Nashville (Tenn.)--Race relations--History--20th century
Description	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 "with all deliberate speed" and assigned supervision of desegregation policies to the federal district courts. Soon thereafter, on September 23, 1955, attorneys Z. Alexander Looby, Avon Williams, Jr., and Thurgood Marshall filed suit against the Nashville city schools on behalf of 21 African-American children, including 14-year-old Robert W. Kelley, who had been turned away from East Junior High School. His father, A. Z. Kelley, agreed to be the lead plaintiff, so the case was named Kelley v. Board of Education. Pictured left to right: Reverend Kelly Miller Smith, Thurgood Marshall, Z. Alexander Looby, and A.Z. Kelley. Forms part of the Civil Rights Photograph Collection. 1 photograph : b & w ; 8 x 10 in.
Creator	Streator, John C. (Photographer)
Publisher	Special Collections Division of the Nashville Public Library, 615 Church Street, Nashville, Tennessee 37219.
Date	ca. 1955
Type	Still Image; Photographs
Format	image/jpeg
Identifier	CRPC-B1, F2
Relation	Civil Rights Photograph Collection
Coverage	1950-1959
Rights	U.S. and international copyright laws protect this digital image. This image is provided for educational purposes only and may not be downloaded, reproduced, or distributed for any other purpose without written permission. Please contact the Nashville Room, Special Collections Division of the Nashville Public Library, 615 Church Street, Nashville, Tennessee, 37219. Telephone (615) 862-5782.
Location	Closed Stacks-CRPC-B1, F2