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Photograph of students marching during the Freedom March on Jefferson Street, Nashville, Tennessee, 1963 March 23
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Title
Photograph
of
students
marching
during
the
Freedom
March
on
Jefferson
Street
,
Nashville
,
Tennessee
,
1963
March
23
Personal name
Lewis
,
John
,
1940
Feb
.
21-
;
Allen
,
Archie
E.
;
Smith
,
Kelly
Miller
,
1920-
Corporate name
Nashville Christian Leadership Conference
Topical entry
Civil Rights
African Americans
Race Relations
Capital City
African Americans--Civil rights--Tennessee--Nashville
Civil rights demonstrations--Tennessee--Nashville
Civil rights movements--Tennessee--Nashville--History--Sources
Nonviolence--Tennessee--Nashville
African American civil rights workers--Tennessee--Nashville
African Americans--Civil rights--Tennessee--Nashville
African Americans--Tennessee--Nashville--History--Sources
Segregation--Tennessee--Nashville
Protest movements--Tennessee--Nashville
Activists--American Tennessee--Nashville
Civil rights leaders--Tennessee
Minorities--Tennessee--Nashville
Geographic entry
Nashville (Tenn.)--History--Sources
Nashville (Tenn.)--Social conditions
Southern States--Race relations--History--20th century--Sources
Jefferson Street (Nashville, Tenn.)
Eighteenth Avenue (Nashville, Tenn.)
Description
A
photograph
of
anti-segregation
demonstrators
during
the
Freedom
March
,
18th
Avenue
North
and
Jefferson
Street
,
Nashville
,
Tennessee
,
March
23
,
1963
.
Leading
the
march
is
John
R
.
Lewis
and
Archie
E
.
Allen
. The
Freedom
March
was
sponsored
by the
Projects
Committee
of the
Nashville
Christian
Leadership
Council
.
According
to
Reverend
Kelly
Miller
Smith
, the "
Freedom
March
was
designed
to
emphasize
that the
current
movement
was a
people's
movement
and not
just
a
leader's
cause.
" The
marchers
started
at the
campus
of
Tennessee
State
A
&
I
,
down
8th
Avenue
North
, then into the
downtown
area
. The
Freedom
March
was the
largest
planned
organized
protest
in
Nashville
since
the
1960s
downtown
sit-ins
.
Forms
part
of the
Nashville
Banner
Archives
.
1
photograph
negative
:
b
&
w
;
2.25
x
2.25
in.
Creator
Goodman
,
Bill
(Photographer)
Publisher
Special
Collections
Division
of the
Nashville
Public
Library
,
615
Church
Street
,
Nashville
,
Tennessee
,
37219
Date
1963-03-23
Type
Still
Image
;
Negatives
;
Photographs
Format
image/tiff
Identifier
BN 1963-725-n1
Relation
Nashville
Banner
Archives
Coverage
1960-1969
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
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