| Click here to view the item | |
| Title: | Maxine A. Smith at downtown business boycott |
| Date: | 1960-1967 |
| Description: | Black-and-white photograph of a Maxine A. Smith, executive secretary of the Memphis branch of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) during a downtown business boycott in Memphis, Tennessee. Smith wears a sign that reads "Don't shop boycott" an African American young man wears a sign that reads "Black youth must have more jobs!" 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: | Smith, Maxine Atkins | 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 | Boycotts--Tennessee--Memphis | Memphis (Tenn.)--Race relations | Race relations | Segregation in education--Tennessee--Memphis | School boards--Tennessee--Memphis | Central business districts--Tennessee--Memphis | Signs and signboards--Tennessee--Memphis | African American women civil rights workers--Tennessee--Memphis | National Association for the Advancement of Colored People | 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 | 2006-09-07 |
| Original Material: | Memphis Civil Rights Photograph Collection, Box 1, Item 38, 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=200700000001430 |
