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Source Collection
Memphis Press-Scimitar newspaper morgue, Special Collections Department, University of Memphis Libraries
Identifier
sc.0475.08652_01.055
Description
Mrs. Cornelia Crenshaw sits in the Memphis City Council chambers in protest at a rate increase in utilities by Memphis Light, Gas & Water. The protest was in memory of two of Mrs. Crenshaw's fellow church members who died during a heat wave in 1980.
Date Created
6-23-2021
Date
1980-07-23
Recommended Citation
"Cornelia Crenshaw protesting at Memphis City Council chambers, 1980" (2021). LeMoyne-Owen College. 58.
https://digitalcommons.memphis.edu/speccoll-mss-mpressscimitar4/58
Keywords
Crenshaw, Cornelia, 1916-1994, Protests--Tennessee--Memphis
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