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| Creator: | Swett, David E., 1968- |
| Title: | Oral history interview with David Swett, Jr., 2006 July 17, excerpt 03 |
| Date: | 2006 July 17 |
| Description: | An excerpt from an oral history interview with Nashville businessman David Swett, Jr., conducted on 17 July 2006 by John Egerton as part of a cooperative effort between the Nashville Public Library's Nashville Business Leaders Oral History Project and the Southern Foodways Alliance. Swett discusses his grandfather Walter Swett's opinions about desegregation and how it caused some people to lose their businesses. He also explains that Swett's always had a racially diverse clientele, even during the 1950s and 1960s. The complete interview, as well as a transcript, is available in the repository. |
| Types: | Sound recordings | Oral histories |
| Subjects: | Swett, David E., 1968- --Interviews | Swett, Walter, 1904-1994 | Swett's Restaurant (Nashville, Tenn.)--History | Businesspeople--Tennessee--Nashville | African American businesspeople--Tennessee--Nashville | Business enterprises--Tennessee--Nashville | Family-owned business enterprises--Tennessee--Nashville | Minority business enterprises--Tennessee--Nashville | African American business enterprises--Tennessee--Nashville | Restaurants--Tennessee--Nashville | Food service--Tennessee--Nashville | Dinners and dining--Tennessee--Nashville | African Americans--Social conditions--Tennessee--Nashville | Civil rights movements--Tennessee--Nashville | African Americans--Economic conditions--Tennessee--Nashville | African Americans--Civil rights--Tennessee--Nashville | Desegregation--Tennessee--Nashville | Nashville (Tenn.)--History--Sources | Nashville (Tenn.)--Commerce | Nashville (Tenn.)--Race relations | Nashville (Tenn.)--Social conditions | Nashville (Tenn.)--Economic conditions | Nashville (Tenn.) | Davidson County (Tenn.) |
| Collection: | Nashville Public Library Digital Collections Portal: Civil Rights |
| Institution: | Nashville Public Library |
| Contributors: | Egerton, John | 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: NBLSwettD 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 online collection: Civil Rights Online Collection. |
| Persistent Link to Item: | http://digital.library.nashville.org/u?/nr,1000 |
