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| Creator: | Foster, Don |
| Title: | Photograph of Reverend Joseph Metz Rollins and police officers, 1963 May 09 |
| Date: | 1963 May 9 |
| Description: | A photograph of Reverend Joseph Metz Rollins with police officers before a demonstration, Nashville, Tennessee, May 9, 1963. Reverend Rollins served with the National Committee of Black Churchmen and the Nashville Christian Leadership Council during the civil rights movement in Nashville. His leadership and organization efforts contributed to the success of desegregation across the South. Under the direction of Reverend Joseph Metz Rollins, movement participants "called for an end to discriminatory practices in Nashville." |
| Types: | Black-and-white photographs |
| Subjects: | Rollins, J. Metz (Joseph Metz), 1926- | Nashville Christian Leadership Conference | Civil rights demonstrations--Tennessee--Nashville | Civil rights movements--Tennessee--Nashville--History--Sources | Nonviolence--Tennessee--Nashville | African American 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 | Southern States--Race relations--History--20th century--Sources | 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. |
| Rights and Usage: | U.S. and international copyright laws protect this digital content, which is provided for educational purposes only and may not be downloaded, reproduced, or distributed for any other purpose without written permission. Please contact the Special Collections Division of the Nashville Public Library, 615 Church Street, Nashville, Tennessee, 37219. Telephone (615) 862-5782. |
| Related Materials: | Forms part of online collection: Civil Rights Online Collection. |
| Persistent Link to Item: | http://digital.library.nashville.org/u?/nr,561 |
