- Collection:
- Boyd Lewis Photographs
- Title:
- Voter Education Project Rally
- Creator:
- Lewis, Boyd, 1944-
- Date of Original:
- 1969/1989
- Subject:
- African Americans--1970-1980
Activists--Georgia--Atlanta
Politicians--Georgia--Atlanta
Parks--Georgia--Atlanta
Fountains--Georgia--Atlanta
Buildings--Georgia--Atlanta
Voter Education Project (Southern Regional Council)
Lewis, John, 1940-
Trust Company Bank Building (Atlanta, Ga.) - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Atlanta, Central City Park, 33.622302, -84.379657
United States, Georgia, Fulton County, Atlanta, 33.749, -84.38798
United States, Georgia, Fulton County, Atlanta, Woodruff Park, 33.75566, -84.38854 - Medium:
- photographs
- Type:
- StillImage
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- View of John Lewis, the head of the Voter Education Project, leading a rally in Central City Park (now Woodruff Park) in downtown Atlanta, Georgia.
John Robert Lewis (1940- ) is a civil rights leader and politician. He served as the chairman of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) during the height of the Civil Rights Movement. He was elected to the United States House of Representatives in 1986, becoming only the second African-American to represent Georgia in Congress since Reconstruction. Lewis continues to serve as the Representative of Georgia's 5th Congressional District. - Local Identifier:
- VIS 101.548.007
ahc101548007.jpg - Metadata URL:
- https://album.atlantahistorycenter.com/digital/collection/byd/id/2474
- IIIF manifest:
- https://album.atlantahistorycenter.com/iiif/2/byd:2474/manifest.json
- Bibliographic Citation (Cite As):
- Cite as: MSS 602, Boyd Lewis Papers, Kenan Research Center, Atlanta History Center
- Extent:
- 35 mm black and white negative
- Original Collection:
- Boyd Lewis Photographs, Atlanta History Center
- Contributing Institution:
- Atlanta History Center
- Rights:
-
