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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	Closed Stacks-BN 1963-725-n1