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Tent City …"Home of the Brave," circa 1960

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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