Skip to main content

Photograph of school registration, Glenn Elementary School, Cleveland Street, Nashville, Tennessee, 1957 August 27

Thumbnail for Photograph of school registration, Glenn Elementary School, Cleveland Street, Nashville, Tennessee, 1957 August 27
View
@ Nashville Public Library

Description

A photograph of Mr. and Mrs. Harold D. Street enrolling their daughter, Lajuanda (second girl) and a friend at Glenn Elementary School, Nashville, Tennessee, 27 August 1957. Enrollment came under a court-approved plan, which called for desegregation of the first grade level, three years after the Brown v. Board of Education decision. This photograph documents the desegregation of public schools in Nashville, Tennessee and implementation of 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.
Type:
Image
Format:
Still Image Negatives Photographs
Rights:
U.S. and international copyright laws protect this digital content, which is provided for educational purposes only and may not be downloaded, reproduced, or distributed for any other purpose without written permission. Please contact the Special Collections Division of the Nashville Public Library, 615 Church Street, Nashville, Tennessee, 37219. Telephone (615) 862-5782.
View Original At:

Record Contributed By

Nashville Public Library

Record Harvested From

Digital Library of Tennessee

Keywords

  1. African Americans
  2. Capital City
  3. Civil Rights
  4. Civil Rights Movements
  5. Discrimination
  6. Discrimination In Education
  7. Education
  8. Elementary Schools
  9. Glenn Elementary School (Nashville, Tenn.)
  10. Harley, Lajuanda Street
  11. History
  12. Law And Legislation
  13. Nashville
  14. Nashville (Tenn.)
  15. Public Schools
  16. Race Relations
  17. School Children
  18. School Integration
  19. Schools
  20. Segregation
  21. Segregation In Education
  22. Social Conditions
  23. Sources
  24. Southern States
  25. Street, Harold D
  26. Students
  27. Tennessee
  28. United States

Related Content

Photograph of Grace McKinley walking her daughter, Linda Gail McKinley to Fehr Elementary School, Nashville, Tennessee, 1957 September 09 Photograph of crowd, Fehr Elementary School, corner of Fifth Avenue and Garfield Street, Nashville, Tennessee, 1957 September 09
Looby raps segregated education, Nashville, Tennessee, 1950 November 02 A First Step toward school integration, 1958 June A. Z. Kelley and the legal team for Kelley v. Board of Education of Nashville, 1955 September Photograph of demonstrators, led by Reverend James Luther Bevel, Greyhound Bus Terminal, Nashville, Tennessee, 1960 March 03
Photograph of Reverend Joseph Metz Rollins and police officers, 1963 May 09 Photograph of a massive crowd of silent marchers, Nashville, Tennessee, 1960 April 19 Photograph of students marching during the Freedom March on Jefferson Street, Nashville, Tennessee, 1963 March 23 Photograph of student demonstrators being escorted into a paddy wagon, Nashville, Tennessee, 1960 March 03 Photograph of participants in the Poor People's March, Nashville, Tennessee, 1968 May 08 Newspaper articles on segregation and African American education Photograph of defense attorneys for student demonstrators, Nashville, Tennessee, 1960 March 02
Atlas of the city of Nashville 1908. [Plate 21A] Atlas of the city of Nashville 1908. [Plate 21B] Photograph of mass meeting, Fisk University, Nashville, Tennessee, with Guy Carawan leading song on guitar, 1960 April 21
Download JSON