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Civil Rights Collection
Collection
Identifier: MS-0334
Abstract
The Civil Rights Collection brings together papers and publications from individuals and organizations, as well as over fifty hours of taped interviews with civil rights participants. Individuals include Charles Haynie, Buford Posey, Sidney Redmond, Walter and Elizabeth Rogers, and Claude Williams, among others. Organizations include ACLU, CORE, SCEF, SRC, and several others. The collection includes a wealth of pamphlets, organized by topic, and newsletters, organized by title. Documents...
Dates:
1910-1979
Dick Gregory for President Dollar
Collection
Identifier: AR-0172
Abstract
This collection houses a phony dollar dated November 5, 1968 promoting civil rights activist Dick Gregory for President and Mark Lane for Vice President. These souvenirs were handed out to students when Gregory spoke at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville in the winter of 1968-1969.
Dates:
1968 November 5
Fentress County Democratic and Conservative Meeting Minutes
Collection
Identifier: MS-1408
Abstract
These minutes from the Democratic and Conservative Meeting held at the Fentress County Courthouse on September 7, 1874 discuss the meeting purpose which was to select delegates to represent them at the Congressional Convention (to be held in Carthage on October 1, 1874), at the Senatorial Convention (to be held in Crossville on September 18, 1874), and at the convention to nominate a candidate to the Legislature (if one should be held). The group argues that it is of the most vital...
Dates:
1874 September 7
"Myles Horton of Highlander: Adult Educator and Southern Activist"
Collection
Identifier: MS-1852
Abstract
Collection consists of a typed manuscript written by Franklin and Betty J. Parker about the life and accomplishments of Myles Horton. The academic paper also contains a chronology of Horton's life and a bibliography. The paper was published in 1991, one year after Horton's death.
Dates:
1991
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- School integration -- Southern States. 1
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- Student movements -- Tennessee. 1
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