Photograph of mass meeting, Fisk University, Nashville, Tennessee, with Guy Carawan leading song on guitar, 1960 April 21

A photograph of members of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee and Guy Carawan of the Highlander Folk School at a mass meeting at Fisk University, Nashville, Tennessee, April 21, 1960, following the bombing of attorney Z. Alexander Looby's home. Guy Carawan is credited with teaching many of the Nashville student leaders the song "We Shall Overcome." Forms part of the Nashville Banner Archives. 1 photograph negative : b & w ; 3.25 x 4.25 in.

Personal name

• Carawan, Guy
• Lewis, John, 1940 Feb. 21-
• Alexander, Peggi
• Walker, Matthew
• Looby, Z. Alexander (Zephaniah Alexander), 1899-

Corporate name

• Fisk University
• Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (U.S.)
• Highlander Folk School (Monteagle, Tenn.)

Topical entry

• Performing Arts
• Music
• Civil Rights
• African Americans
• Race Relations
• Education
• Colleges and Universities
• Popular Culture
• Folk music--United States
• Protest songs--Tennessee--Nashville
• African Americans--Civil rights--Tennessee--Nashville
• Civil rights movements--Tennessee--History--Sources
• Nonviolence--Study and teaching--Tennessee--Nashville
• African Americans--Tennessee--Nashville--History--Sources
• Segregation--Tennessee- Nashville
• Folk music--Tennessee--Nashville
• Activists--American--Tennessee--Nashville

Geographic entry

• Nashville (Tenn.)--History--Sources
• Nashville (Tenn.)--Social conditions
• Nashville (Tenn.)--Race relations
• Southern States--Race relations--History--20th century--Sources

Creator

Gunter, Jack (Photographer)

Publisher

Special Collections Division of the Nashville Public Library, 615 Church Street, Nashville, Tennessee, 37219

Date

1960-04-21

Type

Still Image; Negatives; Photographs

Format

image/tiff

Identifier

BN 1960-1169-n8

Relation

Nashville Banner Archives

Coverage

1960-1969

Rights

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Location

Closed Stacks-BN 1960-1169-n8