- Collection:
- Herbert T. Jenkins Photographs
- Title:
- Summerhill Riot
- Creator:
- Atlanta Police Department
- Publisher:
- Herbert Jenkins Photographs, Atlanta History Center
- Date of Original:
- 1966-09-06
- Subject:
- Riots--Georgia--Atlanta
Events--Georgia--Atlanta
Race riots--Georgia--Atlanta
Crowds--Georgia--Atlanta
African Americans--1960-1970
Women--1960-1970
Clothing and dress--1960-1970
Houses--Georgia--Atlanta
Dwellings--Georgia--Atlanta
Bullhorns
Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (U.S.)
Atlanta Police Department (Atlanta, Ga.) - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Fulton County, Summerhill, 33.73788, -84.38437
- Medium:
- photographs
- Type:
- StillImage
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- Capitol + Ormond Area; [There are two individuals in this image identified as members of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee in this image, information written on back of image]
View of part of the crowd gathered in the Summerhill neighborhood of Atlanta, Georgia during a riot, including people identified as members of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee speaking into microphones, while Atlanta Mayor Ivan Allen, Jr. (not pictured) attempts to lead people to Atlanta Stadium to calm the situation.
On September 6, 1966 a riot involving several thousand people occurred in the Summerhill neighborhood in Atlanta, Georgia after Atlanta police shot a suspected car thief. - Local Identifier:
- VIS 43.06.06
ahc043006006a.jpg - Metadata URL:
- https://album.atlantahistorycenter.com/digital/collection/Jenkins/id/15
- IIIF manifest:
- https://album.atlantahistorycenter.com/iiif/2/Jenkins:15/manifest.json
- Additional Rights Information:
- This material is protected by copyright law. (Title 17, U.S. Code) Permission for use must be cleared through the Kenan Research Center at the Atlanta History Center. Licensing agreement may be required.
- Extent:
- 8 x 10 in. silver gelatin print
- Original Collection:
- Herbert Jenkins Photographs, Atlanta History Center
- Contributing Institution:
- Atlanta History Center
- Rights:
-
Summerhill Riot
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