Photograph of crowd, Fehr Elementary School, corner of Fifth Avenue and Garfield Street, Nashville, Tennessee, 1957 September 09

A photograph of irate segregationists exchanging words with supporters of desegregation at Fehr Elementary School, Nashville, Tennessee, 9 September 1957. Police officers escorted African American students into the school, marking the first day of public school desegregation in Nashville, Tennessee and what was known as the Nashville Plan, a plan to desegregate one grade per year starting with the first grade. Forms part of the Nashville Banner Archives. 1 photograph negative : b & w ; 3.25 x 4.25 in.

Corporate name

• Fehr Elementary School (Nashville, Tenn.)

Topical entry

• Civil Rights
• African Americans
• Race Relations
• Education
• Elementary Schools
• Capital City
• Education--Tennessee--Nashville
• African Americans--Civil rights--Tennessee--Nashville
• Civil rights movements--Tennessee--Nashville
• African Americans--Segregation--Tennessee--Nashville
• Segregation in education--Law and legislation--United States--History
• Discrimination in education--Law and legislation--United States--History
• School integration--United States
• School children--Tennessee--Nashville
• Schools--Tennessee--Nashville
• Public schools--Tennessee--Nashville
• Students--Tennessee--Nashville
• School integration--Tennessee--Nashville

Geographic entry

• Nashville (Tenn.)--History--Sources
• Nashville (Tenn.)--Race relations
• Nashville (Tenn.)--Social conditions
• Southern States--Race relations--History--20th century--Sources

Creator

Malone, John (Photographer)

Publisher

Special Collections Division of the Nashville Public Library, 615 Church Street, Nashville, Tennessee, 37219

Date

1957-09-09

Type

Still Image; Negatives; Photographs

Format

image/tiff (32.3 MB)

Identifier

BN 1957-2290-n2

Relation

Nashville Banner Archives

Coverage

1950-1959

Rights

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Location

Closed Stacks-BN 1957-2290-n2