Chattanooga gun violence activism oral histories
Scope and Contents
This collection contains interviews with student organizers and survivors of gun violence regarding the March For Our Lives movement in Chattanooga, Tennessee in 2018.
Dates
- Creation: 2018
Creator
- Chattanooga Students Leading Change (Chattanooga, Tenn.) (Organization)
- Moms Demand Action (Chattanooga, Tenn.) (Creator, Organization)
Language of Materials
This collection contains materials in English.
Conditions Governing Access
This collection is open for research.
Conditions Governing Use
The copyright status of this collection has not been evaluated.
Biographical / Historical
On 2018 March 24, demonstrators in Chattanooga, Tennessee, led by Chattanooga Students Leading Change, Chattanooga Moms for Social Justice, the Chattanooga chapter of Moms Demand Action, and a group of local clergy, gathered at 10 A. M. in Coolidge Park and marched to the Hamilton County Courthouse in support of the March for Our Lives movement. The March for Our Lives movement was organized by the students of Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, who led a historic march for gun control in Washington D.C. on 2018 March 24.
Mangrum, Meghan. " Four things to know about Saturday's March for Our Lives event in Chattanooga." Times Free Press. Last modified March 22, 2019, https://www.timesfreepress.com/news/breakingnews/story/2018/mar/22/what-you-should-know/466575/.
Extent
10.40 Gigabytes
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Each interviewer and interviewee donated their recordings, transcriptions, and/or summary information about their interviews to the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga in 2018 and 2019.
Existence and Location of Copies
Digital reproductions of the collection are available electronically at https://digital-collections.library.utc.edu/digital/collection/p16877coll30.
Processing Information
The processing of this collection is complete.
Subject
- March for Our Lives (2018 : Washington, D.C.) (Organization)
- Ku Klux Klan. Justice Knights of the Ku Klux Klan (1915- ) (Chattanooga, Tenn.) (Organization)
- Title
- Chattanooga gun violence activism oral histories
- Status
- Completed
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Collection Area Details
Part of the Manuscripts Collection Area
University of Tennessee at Chattanooga Library
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Chattanooga Tennessee 37403 United States
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