- Collection:
- Boyd Lewis Photographs
- Title:
- Greene County, Alabama
- Creator:
- Lewis, Boyd, 1944-2023
- Publisher:
- Atlanta, Ga. : Kenan Research Center, Atlanta History Center
- Date of Original:
- 1974-05
- Subject:
- Politicians--Georgia
Political science--Alabama--Greene County
African Americans--1970-1980
Civil rights workers
Historical markers--Alabama--Greene County - People:
- Young, Andrew, 1932-
- Location:
- United States, Alabama, Greene County, 32.85314, -87.95223
- Medium:
- black-and-white negatives
- Type:
- StillImage
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- View of United States Representative Andrew Young (far right) during a visit to a school in Greene County, Alabama, to urge Black voters to register. This was the same county where Young was instrumental in challenging an election in the late 1960s that was invalidated by the United States Supreme Court, resulting in a special election that saw African Americans elected to several prominent positions in the county government for the first time.
Andrew Jackson Young, Jr. (1932- ) is a minister and civil rights activist from Atlanta, Georgia. Mr. Young was executive director of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference and an ally of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. He served in the United States House of Representatives from 1973-1976, and was Ambassador to the United Nations in the administration of President Jimmy Carter. He later served as mayor of Atlanta from 1982-1989, and was instrumental in securing bid for the 1996 Olympic Games. - Metadata URL:
- http://album.atlantahistorycenter.com/cdm/ref/collection/byd/id/4724
- 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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