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Title	Excerpt 6 from oral history interview with Kenneth L. Roberts, 2006 July 27
Personal name	Roberts, Kenneth L., 1932- --Interviews; Lewis, John, 1940 Feb. 21- ; Smith, Kelly Miller, 1920- ; Carmichael, Stokely
Topical entry	Business Enterprise Capital City Downtown Nashville Civil Rights African Americans Businesspeople--Tennessee--Nashville Civic leaders--Tennessee--Nashville Lawyers--Tennessee--Nashville Bankers--Tennessee--Nashville Business enterprises--Tennessee--Nashville Central business districts--Tennessee--Nashville Civil rights movements--Tennessee--Nashville Civil rights--Tennessee--Nashville African Americans--Civil rights--Tennessee--Nashville Civil rights demonstrations--Tennessee--Nashville Civil rights workers--Tennessee--Nashville
Geographic entry	Nashville (Tenn.)--History--Sources Nashville (Tenn.)--Commerce Nashville (Tenn.)--Economic conditions Nashville (Tenn.)--Social conditions Nashville (Tenn.)--Social life and customs Nashville (Tenn.)--Race relations
Description	An excerpt from an oral history interview with Nashville business and civic leader Kenneth L. Roberts, conducted on 27 July 2006 by Cabot Pyle as part of the Nashville Public Library's Nashville Business Leaders Oral History Project: The Turner Interviews. Roberts outlines his theory that today's Nashville is a result of five things that happened during the 1960s. He discusses the first of these events, which was the sit-in movement. He also discusses civil rights leaders involved in the movement in Nashville, including John Lewis, Kelly Miller Smith, and Stokely Carmichael. The complete interview, as well as an index, is available in the repository.
Creator	Roberts, Kenneth L., 1932- (Interviewee); Pyle, Cabot Pollard (Interviewer)
Publisher	Special Collections Division of the Nashville Public Library, 615 Church Street, Nashville, Tennessee, 37219
Date	2006-07-27
Type	Sound; Oral histories
Format	audio/mp3 (1.27 MB; 1 min, 23 sec.)
Identifier	NBLRobertsK1003clip2
Source	Excerpted from: NBLRobertsK digital recording converted from wav to mp3 format in 2006.
Language	English
Relation	Nashville Business Leaders 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-NBLRobertsK