- Collection:
- Boyd Lewis Photographs
- Title:
- SCLC Convention
- Creator:
- Lewis, Boyd, 1944-2023
- Publisher:
- Atlanta, Ga. : Kenan Research Center, Atlanta History Center
- Date of Original:
- 1974-06-15
- Subject:
- Meetings--Indiana--Indianapolis
African Americans--1970-1980
Civil rights
Civil rights workers
Speeches, addresses, etc.
Southern Christian Leadership Conference - People:
- Williams, Hosea, 1926-2000
Abernathy, Ralph, 1926-1990
Vivian, C. T. - Location:
- United States, Indiana, Marion County, Indianapolis, 39.76838, -86.15804
- Medium:
- black-and-white negatives
- Type:
- StillImage
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- View of Civil Rights leader Dr. C. T. Vivian speaking during the 16th annual convention of SCLC in Indianapolis, Indiana.
Dr. Reverend Cordy Tindell Vivian, known as C. T. Vivian (1924- ), was born in Booneville, Missouri. He is a minister, author, and was a close friend and lieutenant of Martin Luther King, Jr. during the Civil Rights Movement. His family moved to Illinois when he was six and they lived in a poor integrated neighborhood. Vivian attended seminary at American Baptist College in Nashville, Tennessee. In 2008, Vivian founded and incorporated the C. T. Vivian Leadership Institute, Inc. (CTVLI) in Atlanta, Georgia. He also received the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2013. - Metadata URL:
- http://album.atlantahistorycenter.com/cdm/ref/collection/byd/id/4699
- Additional Rights Information:
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- 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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