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Looby raps segregated education, Nashville, Tennessee, 1950 November 02

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A photograph of Z. Alexander Looby at the city jail, Nashville, Tennessee. Mr. Looby, a local lawyer had addressed an American Veteran's Committee public meeting at Bethlehem Center on November 1, 1950. This photograph appeared in the Nashville Banner newspaper on November 2, 1950 accompanying the article "Looby Raps Segregated Education" by Robert Churchwell. An excerpt from the article reads: "In connection with his recently proposed case in Anderson County where he is contending for equal education on the high school level, Looby said 'I don't see how a court can reasonably say that the state is performing equal duty to a citizen when one must travel 17 miles to school, while another simply crosses the street.' The lawsuit will be filed in a day or two, he stated. Concluding the informal talk, Looby said, 'since education itself has no color line, I don't believe a system built on segregation can be educational'." Forms part of the Nashville Banner Archives. 1 photograph negative : b & w ; 3.25 x 4.25 in.
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