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Photograph of student demonstrators being escorted into a paddy wagon, Nashville, Tennessee, 1960 March 03

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Creator:Cooley, Vic
Title:Photograph of student demonstrators being escorted into a paddy wagon, Nashville, Tennessee, 1960 March 03
Date:1960 Mar. 3
Description:

A photograph of student demonstrators being arrested and escorted into a paddy wagon after a nonviolent protest at the Greyhound Bus Terminal, 6th Avenue and Commerce Street, Nashville, Tennessee, March 3, 1960. Students continued demonstrations in an effort to desegregate all public accommodations.

Types:Black-and-white photographs
Subjects:Greyhound Bus Terminal (Nashville, Tenn.) | African Americans--Civil rights--Tennessee--Nashville | Student protesters--Tennessee--Nashville | Demonstrations--Tennessee--Nashville | Civil rights--Tennessee--Nashville | Civil rights workers--Tennessee--Nashville | African Americans--Civil rights--Tennessee--Nashville | African Americans--Tennessee--Nashville--History--Sources | Segregation--Tennessee--Nashville | Protest movements--Tennessee--Nashville | Activists--American--Tennessee--Nashville | Police--Tennessee--Nashville | Nashville (Tenn.)--History--Sources | Nashville (Tenn.)--Social conditions | Nashville (Tenn.)--Race relations | Southern States--Race relations--History--20th century-Sources | Sixth Avenue (Nashville, Tenn.) | Commerce Street (Nashville, Tenn.) | Nashville (Tenn.) | Davidson County (Tenn.)
Collection:Nashville Public Library Digital Collections Portal: Civil Rights
Institution:Nashville Public Library
Contributors:Public Library of Nashville and Davidson County. Special Collections Division | Civil Rights Online Collection (Public Library of Nashville and Davidson County. Special Collections Division)
Online Publisher:Nashville, Tenn. : Special Collections Division of the Nashville Public Library | 2006
Original Material:

1 photo. neg. : b&w ; 35 mm.

Nashville Banner Archives, Special Collections Division, Nashville Public Library.

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Forms part of the online collection: Civil Rights Online Collection.

Persistent Link to Item:http://digital.library.nashville.org/u?/nr,556