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| Creator: | Gore, Albert, 1907-1998 |
| Title: | Letter on Civil Rights, Fisk University, 2 |
| Date: | 1963 Aug. 2 |
| Description: | This letter is one in a chain of correspondence between Senator Albert Gore and Fisk University's Dean of Chapel, Dr. Lawrence N. Jones. The two men are discussing Senate Bill S-1731, proposed civil rights legislation submitted for consideration to Congress by President Kennedy during June 1963. The University of Tennessee Libraries (Knoxville, Tennessee) is the digital publisher. The Civil Rights Digital Library received support from a National Leadership Grant for Libraries awarded to the University of Georgia by the Institute of Museum and Library Services for the aggregation and enhancement of partner metadata. |
| Types: | Letters (correspondence) |
| Subjects: | Gore, Albert, 1907-1998 | Jones, Lawrence Neale, 1921- | Civil rights--United States | Legislation--United States | Civil rights movements--United States | Legislators--United States | Politicians--Tennessee | African Americans | African Americans--Civil rights | United States. Civil Rights Act of 1964 | United States. Congress (88th : 1963-1965) | Segregation--Law and legislation--United States | Discrimination in public accommodations--United States | Deans (Education)--Tennessee--Nashville | African American civic leaders--Tennessee--Nashville | Civic leaders--Tennessee--Nashville | Fisk University--Employees | Nashville (Tenn.) | Davidson County (Tenn.) | Tennessee | United States |
| Collection: | Albert Gore Sr. Senate Collection |
| Institution: | Albert Gore Research Center (Middle Tennessee State University) |
| Contributors: | Volunteer Voices (Project) | Albert Gore Research Center (Murfreesboro, Tenn.) |
| Online Publisher: | Knoxville, Tenn. : Volunteer Voices | 2007-07-24 |
| Original Material: | Albert Gore Sr. Senate Collection, D32, "1963 Civil Rights (1)", Albert Gore Sr. Research Center, Murfreesboro, Tennessee |
| Rights and Usage: | For current rights information, please visit: http://idserver.utk.edu/?id=200600000001200 |
| Persistent Link to Item: | http://idserver.utk.edu/?id=200700000002580 |
