Box 4

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Contains 6 Results:

Cassette Tapes and Slides

 Series — Box: 4
Identifier: spc-mss0161-s05
Dates: 1944 - 1990
Found in: Vanderbilt University Special Collections and University Archives / Nelson and Marian Fuson Papers

Southern Christian Leadership Conference Speeches, Nashville, TN, 1961 September

 File — Box: 4
Identifier: spc-mss0161-s05-g0001
Scope and Contents These tapes include speeches made by Martin Luther King, Jr., James Lawson, and James Farmer at the 1961 Southern Christian Leadership Conference, which was hosted by the Nashville Christian Leadership Council in Nashville, TN, September 27-29, 1961. King describes Lawson's contributions to non-violence, Lawson shares his thoughts on the necessity of social revolution, and Farmer discusses the Freedom Rides. The tapes also include Guy Carawan leading the crowd in singing "We Shall...
Dates: 1961 September
Found in: Vanderbilt University Special Collections and University Archives / Nelson and Marian Fuson Papers / Cassette Tapes and Slides

Cassette Tape 1 Side 1

 Item — Box: 4
Identifier: spc-mss0161-s05-g0001-i0001
Scope and Contents From the File: These tapes include speeches made by Martin Luther King, Jr., James Lawson, and James Farmer at the 1961 Southern Christian Leadership Conference, which was hosted by the Nashville Christian Leadership Council in Nashville, TN, September 27-29, 1961. King describes Lawson's contributions to non-violence, Lawson shares his thoughts on the necessity of social revolution, and Farmer discusses the Freedom Rides. The tapes also include Guy Carawan leading the crowd in singing "We Shall...
Dates: 1961 September
Found in: Vanderbilt University Special Collections and University Archives / Nelson and Marian Fuson Papers / Cassette Tapes and Slides / Southern Christian Leadership Conference Speeches, Nashville, TN

Fisk Student Interviews about Experiences in Jail, Friday Night Fellowship Songs, 1964 May

 File — Box: 4
Identifier: spc-mss0161-s05-g0002
Scope and Contents This tape includes an interview with four students who, while participating in an exchange program at Fisk University, took part in the May 1964 non-violent protests at Morrison's Cafeteria, a segregated restaurant at 1720 West End Avenue in Nashville, TN. The students and several other protestors were arrested with "John Doe" and "Jane Doe" arrest warrants. In this interview, they describe spending the weekend in jail, where they kept up morale by singing Freedom Songs. In the later part of...
Dates: 1964 May
Found in: Vanderbilt University Special Collections and University Archives / Nelson and Marian Fuson Papers / Cassette Tapes and Slides

Cassette Tape 1 Side 2 - September 1961 at Fisk, continued; MLK, Jim Lawson, Jim Farmer

 Item — Box: 4
Identifier: spc-mss0161-s05-g0001-i0002
Scope and Contents From the File: These tapes include speeches made by Martin Luther King, Jr., James Lawson, and James Farmer at the 1961 Southern Christian Leadership Conference, which was hosted by the Nashville Christian Leadership Council in Nashville, TN, September 27-29, 1961. King describes Lawson's contributions to non-violence, Lawson shares his thoughts on the necessity of social revolution, and Farmer discusses the Freedom Rides. The tapes also include Guy Carawan leading the crowd in singing "We Shall...
Dates: 1961 September
Found in: Vanderbilt University Special Collections and University Archives / Nelson and Marian Fuson Papers / Cassette Tapes and Slides / Southern Christian Leadership Conference Speeches, Nashville, TN

Cassette Tape 2 - September 1961 NCLC Addresses continued; Jim Farmer on "Freedom Rides"

 Item — Box: 4
Identifier: spc-mss0161-s05-g0001-i0003
Scope and Contents From the File: These tapes include speeches made by Martin Luther King, Jr., James Lawson, and James Farmer at the 1961 Southern Christian Leadership Conference, which was hosted by the Nashville Christian Leadership Council in Nashville, TN, September 27-29, 1961. King describes Lawson's contributions to non-violence, Lawson shares his thoughts on the necessity of social revolution, and Farmer discusses the Freedom Rides. The tapes also include Guy Carawan leading the crowd in singing "We Shall...
Dates: 1961 September
Found in: Vanderbilt University Special Collections and University Archives / Nelson and Marian Fuson Papers / Cassette Tapes and Slides / Southern Christian Leadership Conference Speeches, Nashville, TN

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