- Collection:
- Neighborhood Union Collection
- Title:
- "Courage Won the Victory", August 2, 1976
- Date of Original:
- 1976-08-02
- Subject:
- African American civic leaders
African Americans--Civil rights
Voter registration
African Americans--Politics and government
Civil rights movements - Location:
- United States, 39.76, -98.5
United States, Georgia, Fulton County, Atlanta, 33.749, -84.38798 - Medium:
- archival materials
- Type:
- Text
- Format:
- application/pdf
- Description:
- Newspaper op-ed commending John R. Lewis for his long-time commitment to achieving civil rights for minority voters in the South, despite brutal and violent attempts to oppose civil rights efforts. The writer recognized Lewis as a civil rights icon who fought for equality and justice in the 1960s. Lewis was arrested 40 times and endured violence, but never gave up. Lewis also served as the Executive Director of the Voter Education Project where he continued to fight for social change.
- Metadata URL:
- http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12322/auc.076:1844
- Language:
- eng
- Extent:
- 1 page
- Original Collection:
- Voter Education Project Organizational Records||http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12322/fa:076
- Contributing Institution:
- Atlanta University Center Robert W. Woodruff Library
- Rights:
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