- Collection:
- Boyd Lewis Photographs
- Title:
- John Lewis Supporters
- Creator:
- Lewis, Boyd, 1944-
- Date of Original:
- 1977-05
- Subject:
- Political campaigns
Political elections--Georgia
Receptions--Georgia--Atlanta
Women--1970-1980
Dresses--1970-1980
Hyatt Regency Hotel (Atlanta, Ga.) - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Fulton County, Atlanta, 33.749, -84.38798
- Medium:
- photographs
- Type:
- StillImage
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- View of unidentified supporters of Congressional candidate John Lewis (not pictured) at the sign-in table at a campaign reception at the Hyatt Regency Hotel in 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 101.455.021
ahc101455021.jpg - Metadata URL:
- https://album.atlantahistorycenter.com/digital/collection/byd/id/1618
- IIIF manifest:
- https://album.atlantahistorycenter.com/iiif/2/byd:1618/manifest.json
- Extent:
- 35 mm color transparency
- Original Collection:
- MSS 602, Boyd Lewis Papers, Kenan Research Center, Atlanta History Center
- Contributing Institution:
- Atlanta History Center
- Rights:
-
