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Nonfiction picture book briefly introduces twenty protesters, including Cesar Chavez, Dolores Huerta, Tommie Smith, Ruby Bridges, and America Ferrera. From Samuel Adams to the students from Parkland, march through history with the heroic revolutionary protesters who changed America. These heroic protesters were not afraid to stand up for what they believed in. They are among the twenty change-makers in this book who used peaceful protests and brave...
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Scope and content: Oral history interview with Nashville Civil Rights Movement participant DeLois Jackson Wilkinson, conducted on 31 October 2002 by Kathy G. Bennett as part of the Nashville Public Library's Civil Rights Oral History Project. During the 1 hour and 16 minute interview, Wilkinson discusses such topics as her family, education, and growing up in Helena, Arkansas; Rev. Kelly Miller Smith and First Baptist Capitol Hill; her involvement...
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Civil Rights - Special Collection Topics
Community Life - Special Collections Topics
Downtown Nashville - Special Collections Topics
Nashville Banner - Special Collections Topics
Community Life - Special Collections Topics
Downtown Nashville - Special Collections Topics
Nashville Banner - Special Collections Topics
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Scope and content:The Jack Gunter Civil Rights Photographs feature 87 original black and white photographs taken by Nashville Banner newspaper photographer Jack Gunter from 1957 to 1968. The photographs are arranged chronologically. Undated photographs follow at the end. The bulk of the collection is from 1963 and depicts civil rights demonstrations in downtown Nashville, Tennessee. Also included in the collection are single photographs of visiting...
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Scope and Content: Four audio interviews (with transcripts) conducted in 2012 by the Special Collections Division of the Nashville Public Library, in partnership with the Metro Arts Commission and Metro Parks. Each interviewee discusses the positive impact they believe the 28th Connector Project will have on their community. They discuss the separation of North Nashville from the rest of Nashville following the construction of Interstate 40 between...
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