- Collection:
- Boyd Lewis Photographs
- Title:
- John Lewis and Archie Allen
- Creator:
- Lewis, Boyd, 1944-
- Date of Original:
- 1973
- Subject:
- African Americans--1970-1980
Civil rights leaders--Georgia
Civil rights movements
Politicians--Georgia
Politics and government--Georgia
Activists--Georgia--Atlanta
Newspapers
Voter Education Project (Southern Regional Council)
Lewis, John, 1940-
Allen, Archie - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Fulton County, Atlanta, 33.749, -84.38798
- Medium:
- photographs
- Type:
- StillImage
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- View of John Lewis (left), head of the Voter Education Project (VEP), in his office in Atlanta, Georgia with his assistant and friend Archie Allen.
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 101.098.002
ahc101098002.jpg - Metadata URL:
- https://album.atlantahistorycenter.com/digital/collection/byd/id/88
- IIIF manifest:
- https://album.atlantahistorycenter.com/iiif/2/byd:88/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:
-
