- Collection:
- Boyd Lewis Photographs
- Title:
- MARTA Meeting
- Creator:
- Lewis, Boyd, 1944-
- Date of Original:
- 1973-01-18
- Subject:
- African Americans--1970-1980
Politics and government--Georgia
Politicians--Georgia
Meetings--Georgia--Atlanta
Transportation--Georgia--Atlanta
Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
Brown, Ben
Evans, John - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Fulton County, Atlanta, 33.749, -84.38798
- Medium:
- photographs
- Type:
- StillImage
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- View of Georgia State Representative Ben Brown (foreground) and John Evans (right), the head of the DeKalb County chapter of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), at a meeting between Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority (MARTA) officials and a coalition of black officials to discuss overall service and black employment by the transit authority, in Atlanta, Georgia.
The Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority (MARTA) is the principle rapid transit system for the city of Atlanta, and outlying counties. MARTA was established in 1965 by an act of the Georgia General Assembly. In 1972 MARTA purchased the Atlanta Transit System and took control of the area's bus transportation. Construction began on a rapid rail system in 1975 with the first rail service commencing in 1979. - Local Identifier:
- VIS 101.464.014
ahc101464014.jpg - Metadata URL:
- https://album.atlantahistorycenter.com/digital/collection/byd/id/1674
- IIIF manifest:
- https://album.atlantahistorycenter.com/iiif/2/byd:1674/manifest.json
- Extent:
- 35 mm black and white negative
- Original Collection:
- MSS 602, Boyd Lewis Papers, Kenan Research Center, Atlanta History Center
- Contributing Institution:
- Atlanta History Center
- Rights:
-
