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- Collection:
- Boyd Lewis Photographs
- Title:
- Voter Education Project, circa
- Creator:
- Lewis, Boyd, 1944-
- Date of Original:
- 1973
- Subject:
- African Americans--1970-1980
Activists--Georgia--Atlanta
Civil rights leaders--Georgia--Atlanta
Politicians--Georgia
Buses--1970-1980
Voting--Georgia--Atlanta
Political elections--Georgia--Atlanta
Signs (Notices)--Georgia--Atlanta
Banners--Georgia--Atlanta
Women--1970-1980
Voter Education Project (Southern Regional Council)
Lewis, John, 1940- - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Fulton County, Atlanta, 33.749, -84.38798
- Medium:
- photographs
- Type:
- StillImage
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- View of John Lewis (center), the director of the Southern Regional Council's Voter Education Project, and unidentified staffers encouraging voter participation 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 101.553.010
ahc101553010.jpg - Metadata URL:
- https://album.atlantahistorycenter.com/digital/collection/byd/id/2490
- IIIF manifest:
- https://album.atlantahistorycenter.com/iiif/2/byd:2490/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: