- Collection:
- Boyd Lewis Photographs
- Title:
- March Against Repression
- Creator:
- Lewis, Boyd, 1944-2023
- Publisher:
- Atlanta, Ga. : Kenan Research Center, Atlanta History Center
- Date of Original:
- 1970-05-23
- Subject:
- Demonstrations--Georgia--Atlanta
Civil rights demonstrations--Georgia--Atlanta
Civil rights--Georgia--Atlanta
African Americans--1970-1980
Protest movements--Georgia--Atlanta
Civil rights workers--Georgia--Atlanta
Crowds--Georgia--Atlanta
Morehouse College (Atlanta, Ga.) - People:
- Abernathy, Ralph, 1926-1990
- Location:
- United States, Georgia, Fulton County, Atlanta, 33.749, -84.38798
- Medium:
- black-and-white negatives
- Type:
- StillImage
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- View of Ralph David Abernathy and protestors on stage during the post-march rally for the March Against Repression at Morehouse College in Atlanta, Georgia.
Ralph David Abernathy (March 11, 1926 - April 17, 1990) was a civil rights leader and close associate of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Abernathy served as Secretary-Treasurer and then Vice President of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) under King's tenure as President of the organization. After King's assassination in 1968, Abernathy succeeded him as SCLC President and served in that capacity until 1977. In 1968, Abernathy helped organize the Poor People's Campaign (PPC) March on Washington, D.C. - Metadata URL:
- http://album.atlantahistorycenter.com/cdm/ref/collection/byd/id/4873
- 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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