We Shall Overcome: Poetic Witness to Civil Rights Era Nashville Vol. 1

Nashville Students Participate in the Freedom Rides On May 17, 1961: Nashville students travel to Birmingham to continue the Freedom Rides. Many of the original riders had been attacked and beaten in Alabama.

Freedom Rider Mae Frances Moultrie Howard stands by a burning Greyhound bus in Anniston, Ala. on May 14, 1961. Federal Bureau Of Investigation

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III. Hattie Cotton Elementary School is Bombed Poetry by Edina Manley Poetry by Trinity Young

3min

pages 12-14

Cover Art: Small Things to a Giant by Jasmine Moseley I. James Lawson, Civil Rights Icon Poetry by Nikayla Cobb Poetry by Norel Mcadoo Poetry by Adazia McDonald

4min

pages 4-7

Nashville HBCU’s Launch Sit insIV. Poetry by Jacqueline Asamoah Poetry by McKenzie Reid Poetry by Keith Thomas

4min

pages 15-18

Project Contributor Bios ………………………………………………………….VI

6min

pages 22-24

V. Nashville Students Participate in the Freedom Rides Poetry by Joseph Hart Poetry by Maya Mayes

2min

pages 19-21

II. Nashville first Graders Desegregate Public Schools Poetry by WaTeasa Freeman Poetry by Fatemah Harvey Poetry by Irwin Todd

4min

pages 8-11

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