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Fisk University Race Relations Conference, circa 1945

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A photograph of conference participants posed together at the Race Relations Conference at Talley Hall, Fisk University. Fisk began hosting the annual Race Relations Institute in 1944. Organized by Dr. Charles S. Johnson, head of Fisk's sociology department, the integrated workshops and seminars focused on social problems of racial discrimination and promoted solutions leading to equal opportunity. Forms part of the Nashville Room Historic Photographs Collection. 1 photograph : b & w ; 8 x 10 in.
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Digital Library of Tennessee

Keywords

  1. Activists
  2. African Americans
  3. American
  4. Anti Racism
  5. Capital City
  6. Civil Rights
  7. Colleges And Universities
  8. Education
  9. Fisk University. Race Relations Institute
  10. History
  11. Meetings
  12. Nashville
  13. Nashville (Tenn.)
  14. Organizations
  15. Race Relations
  16. Social Change
  17. Social Justice
  18. Sources
  19. Southern States
  20. Talley Hall (Fisk University)
  21. Tennessee
  22. Universities

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