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| Creator: | Southern Conference for Human Welfare |
| Creator: | Foreman, Clark, 1902-1977 |
| Title: | The truth about Columbia Tennessee cases | Truth about Columbia Tennessee cases |
| Date: | 1946 |
| Description: | Pamphlet published in 1946 by the Southern Conference on Human Welfare with the results of an investigation into a race-related incident that happened in Columbia, Tennessee on February 25 of that year. The incident reportedly involved the arrest and abuse of approximately one hundred African Americans by police officials. The African Americans were arrested for preventing the lynching of a young African American Navy veteran. The University of Tennessee Libraries (Knoxville, Tennessee) is the digital publisher. The Civil Rights Digital Library received support from a National Leadership Grant for Libraries awarded to the University of Georgia by the Institute of Museum and Library Services for the aggregation and enhancement of partner metadata. |
| Types: | Pamphlets |
| Subjects: | Civil rights movements--Tennessee--Columbia | African Americans--Tennessee--Columbia | African American veterans--Tennessee--Columbia | Civil rights--Tennessee--Columbia | Race relations | Columbia (Tenn.)--Race relations | Race discrimination--Tennessee--Columbia | Race riots--Tennessee--Columbia | Southern Conference for Human Welfare | Maury County (Tenn.) | Columbia (Tenn.) |
| Collection: | Rare books collection |
| Institution: | Hoskins Library |
| Contributors: | Hoskins Library | Volunteer Voices (Project) |
| Online Publisher: | Knoxville, Tenn. : Volunteer Voices | 2006-12-08 |
| Original Material: | E185.65 .S67, Special Collections, Hoskins Library, University of Tennessee |
| Rights and Usage: | For current rights information, please visit: http://idserver.utk.edu/?id=200600000001200 |
| Persistent Link to Item: | http://idserver.utk.edu/?id=200700000001553 |
