- Date:
- April 27, 1964
- Original Format:
- Photographic Print
- Item#:
- 1960.0172
Nashville Civil Rights Demonstration
A policeman holds back a young African-American protester and threatens him with a night stick. He was arrested and thrown into a police wagon. Over 200 protesters left a church earlier to march on segregated restaurants in downtown Nashville, but a near riot broke out when a leader was beaten and arrested.
Related Categories:
- Remembering Martin Luther King Jr.
- Police Force
- Demonstrations & Rebellions
- Civil Rights
- African-Americans