MSS0441. Tent City: Fayette and Haywood Counties civil rights collection finding aid

Creators

Source Collection

Special Collections Department, University of Memphis Libraries

Description

Papers, bulk 1959-1971, of the civil rights struggles in Fayette and Haywood Counties, Tennessee. Included are newspaper clippings, community newsletters, correspondence, articles, photographs, materials regarding school integration, voter registrations lists, and records from the Fayette County Economic Development Commission. Also included are video and audio recordings of oral histories conducted by Robert Hamburger in research for the book, Our Portion of Hell: Fayette County, Tennessee; An Oral History of the Struggle for Civil Rights.

Date

2021 February

Recommended Citation

"MSS0441. Tent City: Fayette and Haywood Counties civil rights collection finding aid" (2021). Special Collections Finding Aids. 6.
https://digitalcommons.memphis.edu/speccoll-findingaids/6