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Photograph of defense attorneys for student demonstrators, Nashville, Tennessee, 1960 March 02

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A photograph of lead defense attorneys for student demonstrators, Davidson County Courthouse, Nashville, Tennessee, March 2, 1960. Attorney Robert E. Lillard gestures in his defense of the students on trial for their part in the sit-in demonstrations in downtown stores and lunch counters. Pictured left to right (front row): Adolpho A. Birch, Robert E. Lillard, Coyness L. Ennix, Sr., and Avon Williams, Jr. Along with attorney Z. Alexander Looby, these attorneys were the spearheads of the defense for the student demonstrators. Forms part of the Nashville Banner Archives. 1 photograph : b & w; 8 x 10 in.
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Keywords

  1. Actions & Defenses
  2. African Americans
  3. Birch, Adolpho A., 1932
  4. Capital City
  5. Central Business Districts
  6. Civil Rights
  7. Civil Rights Movements
  8. Civil Rights Workers
  9. Commerce
  10. Davidson County Courthouse (Nashville, Tenn.)
  11. Demonstrations
  12. Downtown Nashville
  13. Ennix, Coyness L., 1898 1984
  14. History
  15. Lawyers
  16. Lillard, Robert Emmitt, 1907 1991
  17. Nashville
  18. Nashville (Tenn.)
  19. Protest Movements
  20. Race Relations
  21. Segregation
  22. Social Conditions
  23. Social Justice
  24. Social Life And Customs
  25. Sources
  26. Tennessee
  27. Williams, Avon N., 1921 1994

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