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Title
Tent
City
…"Home
of the
Brave
"
circa
1960
Personal name
Helstein
,
Ralph
;
Towles
,
Shephard
;
McFerren
,
John
Topical entry
Civil Rights
African Americans
Race Relations
Business
African Americans--Tennessee--Fayette County
Sharecroppers--Tennessee--Fayette County
Voter registration--Tennessee--Fayette County
Tenant farmers--Tennessee--Fayette County
Civil rights movements--Tennessee
African Americans--Civil rights--Tennessee
Evictions--Tennessee--Somerville
Geographic entry
Fayette County (Tenn.)--Race relations
Fayette County (Tenn.)--Social conditions
Fayette County (Tenn.)--History
Description
Pamphlet
of the
story
of "
Tent
City
"
Fayette
County
,
Tennessee
,
circa
1960
. This
pamphlet
is
the
result
of an
investigation
by
Ralph
Helstein
,
president
of the
United
Packinghouse
,
Food
and
Allied
Workers
, into
racial
struggle
and
injustice
in
Fayette
County
,
Tennessee
.
Tent
City
is
the
story
of
several
hundred
African
American
families
,
sharecroppers
,
tenant
farmers
and
day
workers
who
were
driven
from their
homes
and
faced
eviction
in the
dead
of
winter
in
Fayette
County
,
Tennessee
,
because
they
exercised
their
American
right
to
register
and
vote
.
Forms
part
of the
Civil
Rights
Ephemera
Collection
.
1
pamphlet
:
col
. ;
6
x
9
in.
Creator
AFL-CIO
.
Industrial
Union
Dept
(Publisher)
Publisher
Special
Collections
Division
of the
Nashville
Public
Library
,
615
Church
Street
,
Nashville
,
Tennessee
,
37219
Date
ca.
1960
Type
Text
;
Pamphlets
Format
image/tiff
Identifier
CRE-TN-Tent City
Relation
Civil
Rights
Ephemera
Collection
Coverage
1950-1959
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-CRE-TN-Tent City
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