Home

Nashville Public Library Digital Collection

Photograph of Reverend Joseph Metz Rollins and police officers, 1963 May 09

Reference URL

Save to favorites

To link to this object, paste this link in email, IM or document
To embed this object, paste this HTML in website

Photograph of Reverend Joseph Metz Rollins and police officers, 1963 May 09

View Description

Loading content ...

you wish to report:

Your comment:

Your Name:

...

Title	Photograph of Reverend Joseph Metz Rollins and police officers, 1963 May 09
Personal name	Rollins, J. Metz (Joseph Metz), 1926-
Corporate name	Nashville Christian Leadership Conference
Topical entry	Civil Rights African Americans Race Relations Capital City Religion Downtown 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 Police--Tennessee--Nashville
Geographic entry	Nashville (Tenn.)--History--Sources Nashville (Tenn.)--Social conditions Southern States--Race relations--History--20th century--Sources
Description	A photograph of Reverend Joseph Metz Rollins with police officers before a demonstration, Nashville, Tennessee, May 9, 1963. Reverend Rollins served with the National Committee of Black Churchmen and the Nashville Christian Leadership Council during the civil rights movement in Nashville. His leadership and organization efforts contributed to the success of desegregation across the South. Under the direction of Reverend Joseph Metz Rollins, movement participants "called for an end to discriminatory practices in Nashville." Forms part of the Nashville Banner Archives. 1 - 35 mm black & white photograph negative.
Creator	Foster, Don (Photographer)
Publisher	Special Collections Division of the Nashville Public Library, 615 Church Street, Nashville, Tennessee, 37219
Date	1963-05-09
Type	Still Image; Negatives; Photographs
Format	image/tiff
Identifier	BN 1963-1262-n12
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 1963-1262-n12