- Collection:
- Boyd Lewis Photographs
- Title:
- John Lewis
- Creator:
- Lewis, Boyd, 1944-
- Publisher:
- Atlanta, Ga. : Kenan Research Center, Atlanta History Center
- Date of Original:
- 1975
- Subject:
- Voting rights
Civil rights leaders--Georgia--Atlanta
African Americans--1970-1980
Voter Education Project (Southern Regional Council) - People:
- Lewis, John, 1940-2020
- Location:
- United States, Georgia, Fulton County, Atlanta, 33.749, -84.38798
- Medium:
- black-and-white negatives
- Type:
- StillImage
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- View of a meeting involving Voter Education Project Director John Lewis (not pictured) and other unidentified individuals.
John Robert Lewis (1940-2020) was a civil rights leader and politician. He served as the chairman of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) from 1963 to 1966 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 served as the Representative of Georgia's 5th Congressional District until his passing in 2020. - Metadata URL:
- http://album.atlantahistorycenter.com/cdm/ref/collection/byd/id/3501
- Additional Rights Information:
- Copyright is held by Boyd Lewis. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons, Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivsCC BY-NC-ND license https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
- Original Collection:
- Boyd Lewis photographs
MSS 1118, Southwind recordings, Kenan Research Center, Atlanta History Center - Contributing Institution:
- Atlanta History Center
- Rights:
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