- Collection:
- The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection
- Title:
- Harold Washington Speaks at the 24th Annual SCLC Convention, August 1981
- Date of Original:
- 1981-08
- Subject:
- African Americans--Civil rights
Meetings
African Americans--Politics and government
Voting - Location:
- United States, Louisiana, Orleans Parish, New Orleans, 29.95465, -90.07507
- Medium:
- black-and-white photographs
- Type:
- StillImage
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- Harold Washington is shown addressing a crowd at a voting rights hearing while Johnny Ford and others listen behind him during the 24th Annual Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) Convention. Written on verso: Voting Rights Hearing -- During a hearing on the Voting Rights Act at the 24th annual convention of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference in New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S. Congressman Harold Washington, (D-Calif.) addresses the need for the Act's extension. Others testifying at the hearing are seated behind Washington. They are (front to back) New Orleans City Councilman Avery Alexander, New Orleans City Council President Sidney Barthelemy, Mayor Eddie James Carthan of Tchula, Mississippi and Mayor Johnny Ford of Tuskegee, Alabama.
- Metadata URL:
- http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12322/auc.199:03008
- Rights Holder:
- Atlanta University Center Robert W. Woodruff Library
- Additional Rights Information:
- All works in this collection either are protected by copyright and/or are the property of the Robert W. Woodruff Library, and/or the copyright holder as appropriate. To order a reproduction or to inquire about permission to publish, please contact the Archives Research Center at: archives@auctr.edu with the web URL or handle identification number.
- Original Collection:
- The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection
http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12322/fa:199 - Contributing Institution:
- Atlanta University Center Robert W. Woodruff Library
- Rights:
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