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| Creator: | Withers, Ernest C., 1922-2007 |
| Title: | Students conduct a lunch counter sit-in |
| Date: | 1960-1967 |
| Description: | Students from LeMoyne College and Owen College conduct a lunch counter sit-in. Downtown Memphis. Employee installing sign stating "This counter closed." 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 | Protest marches--Tennessee--Memphis | Demonstrations--Tennessee--Memphis | Signs and signboards--Tennessee--Memphis | Direct action--Tennessee--Memphis | Sit-ins--Tennessee--Memphis | LeMoyne College--Students | Owen College--Students | Signs and signboards--Tennessee--Memphis | Discrimination in restaurants--Tennessee--Memphis | Restaurantshttp://idserver.utk.edu/?id=200700000001428 | 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=200700000001428 |
