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| Creator: | Withers, Ernest C., 1922-2007 |
| Title: | Black civil rights activists march while segregationists protest |
| Date: | 1960 |
| Description: | Black-and-white photograph from 1960 of civil rights demonstrators and white segregationists protesting on Main Street in Memphis, Tennessee. The primarily African American demonstrators carry signs calling for "Education and jobs now" while the white segregationists carry signs asking "How many of these Negroes have illegitimate 'child's' and collect welfare checks?" A white policeman stands between the two demonstrations. 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: | Black-and-white photographs |
| Subjects: | Civil rights movements--Tennessee--Memphis | Civil rights demonstrations--Tennessee--Memphis | African American civil rights workers--Tennessee--Memphis | Civil rights workers--Tennessee--Memphis | Civil rights--Tennessee--Memphis | African Americans--Civil rights--Tennessee--Memphis | African Americans--Tennessee--Memphis | Men, White--Tennessee--Memphis | White supremacy movements--Tennessee--Memphis | Protest marches--Tennessee--Memphis | Demonstrations--Tennessee--Memphis | Picketing--Tennessee--Memphis | Signs and signboards--Tennessee--Memphis | Central business districts--Tennessee--Memphis | Police--Tennessee--Memphis | Segregationists--Tennessee--Memphis | White supremacy movements--Tennessee--Memphis | Shelby County (Tenn.) | Memphis (Tenn.) |
| Collection: | Memphis civil rights photograph collection |
| Institution: | Memphis Public Library's Memphis and Shelby County Room |
| Contributors: | Memphis Public Library. Memphis and Shelby County Room | Volunteer Voices (Project) |
| Online Publisher: | Knoxville, Tenn. : University of Tennessee, Knoxville in association with Memphis Public Library | 2006-09-06 |
| Original Material: | Memphis Civil Rights Photograph Collection, Memphis Public Library, Memphis, 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=200700000001420 |
