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| Creator: | Cooley, Vic |
| Title: | Photograph of defense attorneys for student demonstrators, Nashville, Tennessee, 1960 March 02 |
| Date: | 1960 Mar. 2 |
| Description: | A photograph of lead defense attorneys for student demonstrators, Davidson County Courthouse, Nashville, Tennessee, March 2, 1960. Attorney Robert E. Lillard gestures in his defense of the students on trial for their part in the sit-in demonstrations in downtown stores and lunch counters. Pictured left to right (front row): Adolpho A. Birch, Robert E. Lillard, Coyness L. Ennix, Sr., and Avon Williams, Jr. Along with attorney Z. Alexander Looby, these attorneys were the spearheads of the defense for the student demonstrators. Forms part of the Nashville Banner Archives. |
| Types: | Black-and-white photographs |
| Subjects: | Birch, Adolpho A., 1932- | Lillard, Robert Emmitt, 1907-1991 | Williams, Avon N., 1921-1994 | Ennix, Coyness L., 1898-1984 | Davidson County Courthouse (Nashville, Tenn.) | African Americans--Civil rights--Tennessee--Nashville | African Americans--Social conditions | Civil rights--Tennessee--Nashville | African Americans--Segregation--Tennessee--Nashville | Civil rights movements--Tennessee--Nashville | Lawyers--Tennessee--Nashville | Central business districts--Tennessee--Nashville | Demonstrations--Tennessee--Nashville | Civil rights workers--Tennessee--Nashville | Protest movements--Tennessee--Nashville | Social justice--Tennessee--Nashville | Actions and defenses--Tennessee--Nashville | Nashville (Tenn.)--History--Sources | Nashville (Tenn.)--Social conditions | Nashville (Tenn.)--Race relations | Nashville (Tenn.)--Social life and customs | Nashville (Tenn.)--Commerce | 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 photograph : b&w; 8 x 10 in. 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,566 |
