- 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:
- Young, Andrew, 1932-
- 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 Andrew Young speaking during the sixteenth annual convention of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC), in Indianapolis, Indiana.
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/4741
- Additional Rights Information:
- This Item is protected by copyright and/or related rights. You are free to use this Item in any way that is permitted by the copyright and related rights legislation that applies to your use. In addition, no permission is required from the rights-holder(s) for educational uses. For other uses, you need to obtain permission from the rights-holder(s). Please contact the Kenan Research Center at the Atlanta History Center for more information at images@atlantahistorycenter.com. Licensing and reproduction fees may apply.
- 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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