Description
Excerpts from an interview with civil rights leader Dr. Rodney N. Powell on 29 March 2005 by Kathy Bennett as part of the Civil Rights Oral History Project. In the excerpts Rodney Powell talks about social conscience; being part of the student movement in Nashville as a student at Meharry Medical College; and Meharry faculty during the sit-ins, including Dr. Matthew Walker's support to student participation.. The complete interview, as well as a transcript, is available in the Special Collections Division.
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Digital Library of TennesseeKeywords
- African American Civil Rights Workers
- African Americans
- Attitudes
- Civil Rights
- Civil Rights Demonstrations
- Civil Rights Movements
- Civil Rights Workers
- Education
- Faculty
- History
- Interviews
- Medical Colleges
- Meharry Medical College
- Nashville
- Nashville (Tenn.)
- Political Activity
- Powell, Rodney N
- Race Relations
- Social Conditions
- Social Life And Customs
- Sources
- Student Movements
- Students
- Tennessee
- Universities
- Universities And Colleges
- Walker, Matthew, 1906 1978
![Atlas of the city of Nashville 1908. [Plate 22B]](https://d2l9jrtx1kk04i.cloudfront.net/59e656cdb5a63e0f39f34c184360d9199f4ad3f1.png "Atlas of the city of Nashville 1908. [Plate 22B]")
![Atlas of the city of Nashville 1908. [Plate 22A]](https://d2l9jrtx1kk04i.cloudfront.net/4d2c4d08d8a63dfb85c960fc84faf4f57b90a895.png "Atlas of the city of Nashville 1908. [Plate 22A]")
