- Collection:
- Boyd Lewis Photographs
- Title:
- John Lewis, circa 1973
- Creator:
- Lewis, Boyd, 1944-
- Date of Original:
- 1973
- Subject:
- African Americans--1970-1980
Civil rights leaders--Georgia
Civil rights movements
Politicians--Georgia
Politics and government--Georgia
Activists--Georgia--Atlanta
Telephones
Clothing and dress--1970-1980
Voter Education Project (Southern Regional Council)
Lewis, John, 1940- - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Fulton County, Atlanta, 33.749, -84.38798
- Medium:
- photographs
- Type:
- StillImage
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- View of John Lewis, head of the Voter Education Project (VEP), on the telephone in his office in Atlanta, Georgia.
John Robert Lewis (1940- ) is a civil rights leader and politician. He served as the chairman of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) 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 continues to serve as the Representative of Georgia's 5th Congressional District. - Local Identifier:
- VIS 101.099.002
ahc101099002.jpg - Metadata URL:
- https://album.atlantahistorycenter.com/digital/collection/byd/id/90
- IIIF manifest:
- https://album.atlantahistorycenter.com/iiif/2/byd:90/manifest.json
- Extent:
- 35 mm black and white negative
- Original Collection:
- MSS 602, Boyd Lewis Papers, Kenan Research Center, Atlanta History Center
- Contributing Institution:
- Atlanta History Center
- Rights:
-
