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Excerpt 7 from oral history interview with Kenneth L. Roberts, 2006 July 27
Description
Title
Excerpt
7
from
oral
history
interview
with
Kenneth
L
.
Roberts
,
2006
July
27
Personal name
Roberts
,
Kenneth
L.
,
1932-
--Interviews
;
West
,
Ben
,
1911-1974
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
Restaurants--Tennessee--Nashville
Segregation--Tennessee--Nashville
African Americans--Segregation--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
discusses
the
civil
rights
movement
in
Nashville
,
including
Nashville
Mayor
Ben
West
agreeing
to
end
segregation
at
lunch
counters
in
1960
. 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
(732
KB
;
46
sec.)
Identifier
NBLRobertsK1004clip1
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
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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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