Collage subject: Chase Williamson, curatorial fellow, Frist Art Museum 

Photography: LeXander Bryant

Archival Materials:

Vic Cooley.  BP Segregation in Nashville Tennessee Image 1, April 19, 1960. Nashville Banner Archives, Special Collections Division, Nashville Public Library

Vic Cooley. BP Segregation in Nashville Tennessee Image 3, April 28, 1963. Nashville Banner Archives, Special Collections Division, Nashville Public Library

Vic Cooley. Mayor Ben West with Diane Nash & C.T. Vivian, April 19, 1960. Nashville Banner Archives, Special Collections Division, Nashville Public Library

Vic Cooley. MLK: 1st Anniversary of Death, April 4, 1969. Nashville Banner Archives, Special Collections Division, Nashville Public Library

Jack Gunter. Negro Rally Image 5, May 8, 1963. Nashville Banner Archives, Special Collections Division, Nashville Public Library

Jack Gunter. Poor People’s March to Washington D.C Image 16, May 8, 1968. Nashville Banner Archives, Special Collections Division, Nashville Public Library

Jack Gunter. Poor People’s March to Washington. D.C Image 17, May 8, 1968. Nashville Banner Archives, Special Collections Division, Nashville Public Library

Jack Gunter. Poor People’s March to Washington. D.C Image 19, May 8, 1968. Nashville Banner Archives, Special Collections Division, Nashville Public Library

Jack Gunter. Poor People’s March to Washington. D.C Image 24, May 8, 1968. Nashville Banner Archives, Special Collections Division, Nashville Public Library

Jack Gunter. Poor People’s March to Washington. D.C Image 25, May 8, 1968. Nashville Banner Archives, Special Collections Division, Nashville Public Library

NBC White Paper. The Sit-Ins, December 20 1960. Fisk University Library Special Collections

Gene Roberts. Rioting Nashville Negroes Fire On Cars, Stone Police. Fisk University Library Special Collections

James Talley. Negroes Attend White Churches. Fisk University Library Special Collections

The Nashville Tennessean. Fisk Board Backs Sit-ins, April 30,1960. Fisk University Library Special Collections

The Nashville Tennessean. Fisk To Ask For FBI Probe, April 28,1960. Fisk University Library Special Collections

The Washington Bureau. NAACP Asks Bombing Probe. Fisk University Library Special Collections

Unknown publisher. 76 Students in Nashville Jail protest at University of Chicago, April 10, 1960. Fisk University Library Special Collections

Unknown publisher. Birmingham Bus Integration Tried, December 26,1956. Fisk University Library Special Collections

Unknown publisher. Memphis Asked To Ease Tension. Fisk University Library Special Collections

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