Riots - Tennessee, 1946
Scope and Contents
Coverage of civil unrest in Lawrenceburg and Columbia, TN in 1946 and the trial that followed. Includes letters from NAACP signed by Walter White with a reports of the incident and aftermath.
Dates
- Creation: 1946
May Contain Harmful Content
- Harmful Content (general) clipping contains graphic images of injured people
Arrangement
Riot files are mostly arranged by state, and in some instances followed by specific events that occurred in the state. There are files arranged by the headings MLK Assasination, or prison followed by the state the riots occurred in. Additional material documenting the aftermath of Martin Luther King Jr.’s assassination can be found in the Martin Luther King Jr. files.
Document Types
Clippings, Correspondence, Photographs, Wire articles, Writings
Processing Information
Riots files have been processed using detailed processing procedures, which means that all the information in the finding aid has been verified against folder content, dates and document types have been added to description for each folder, and in some cases, more granular arrangement and description has been done.
Repository Details
Part of the Afro-American Newspapers Archives/Afro Charities Repository