200 Negro and White Students Participate in Nashville Demonstrations
Item
Title
200 Negro and White Students Participate in Nashville Demonstrations
Subject
Civil Rights
Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc.)
Swarthmore College
Description
Article from the Swarthmore Phoenix published on December 4, 1962 covering the organization of a civil rights demonstration in Nashville, Tennessee by Black and white students who were participants at a conference on behalf of the Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee. The demonstration brought attention to institutions who discriminated against Black people, including the Nashville YMCA, a couple of cafeterias, and four restaurants. The article mentions that none of the aforementioned institutions fulfilled the demands of the demonstrators. Also mentioned is the presence of a crowd gathered to watch the demonstration, as well as the Nashville police.
Publisher
Swarthmore College
Date
12-04-1962
Rights
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License. Content is free to copy and redistribute in any medium or format for non-commercial purposes provided appropriate credit is given. Derivatives and transformed versions of the material may not be distributed.
Format
jpeg
Language
eng
Type
Text
Coverage
Swarthmore (Pa.), Nashville (Tn.)
Original Format
newspaper print
Collection
Citation
“200 Negro and White Students Participate in Nashville Demonstrations,” Civil Rights 1960-1966, accessed November 22, 2024, https://ds-exhibits.swarthmore.edu/civil-rights-1960-1966/items/show/51.