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| Creator: | Roberts, Kenneth L., 1932- |
| Title: | Excerpt 6 from oral history interview with Kenneth L. Roberts, 2006 July 27 |
| Date: | 2006 July 27 |
| Description: | An excerpt from an oral history interview with Nashville business and civic leader Kenneth L. Roberts, conducted on 27 July 2006 by Cabot Pyle as part of the Nashville Public Library's Nashville Business Leaders Oral History Project: The Turner Interviews. Roberts outlines his theory that today's Nashville is a result of five things that happened during the 1960s. He discusses the first of these events, which was the sit-in movement. He also discusses civil rights leaders involved in the movement in Nashville, including John Lewis, Kelly Miller Smith, and Stokely Carmichael. The complete interview, as well as an index, is available in the repository. |
| Types: | Sound recordings | Oral histories |
| Subjects: | Roberts, Kenneth L., 1932- --Interviews | Lewis, John, 1940 Feb. 21- | Smith, Kelly Miller, 1920- | Carmichael, Stokely | Businesspeople--Tennessee--Nashville | Civic leaders--Tennessee--Nashville | Lawyers--Tennessee--Nashville | Bankers--Tennessee--Nashville | Business enterprises--Tennessee--Nashville | Central business districts--Tennessee--Nashville | Civil rights movements--Tennessee--Nashville | Civil rights--Tennessee--Nashville | African Americans--Civil rights--Tennessee--Nashville | Civil rights demonstrations--Tennessee--Nashville | Civil rights workers--Tennessee--Nashville | Nashville (Tenn.)--History--Sources | Nashville (Tenn.)--Commerce | Nashville (Tenn.)--Economic conditions | Nashville (Tenn.)--Social conditions | Nashville (Tenn.)--Social life and customs | Nashville (Tenn.)--Race relations | Nashville (Tenn.) | Davidson County (Tenn.) |
| Collection: | Nashville Public Library Digital Collections Portal: Civil Rights |
| Institution: | Nashville Public Library |
| Contributors: | Pyle, Cabot Pollard | 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: | Excerpted from: NBLRobertsK digital recording converted from wav to mp3 format in 2006. Nashville Business Leaders Oral History Project, 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 the online collection: Civil Rights Online Collection. |
| Persistent Link to Item: | http://digital.library.nashville.org/u?/nr,533 |
