- Collection:
- Herbert T. Jenkins Photographs
- Title:
- Boulevard Riot
- Date of Original:
- 1966-09-11
- Subject:
- Riots--Georgia--Atlanta
Events--Georgia--Atlanta
Race riots--Georgia--Atlanta
African Americans--1960-1970
Mayors--Georgia--Atlanta
Hats--1960-1970
Law enforcement officers--Georgia--Atlanta
Uniforms--1960-1970
Crowds--Georgia--Atlanta
Rifles
Radios
Smoking--Georgia--Atlanta
Atlanta Police Department (Atlanta, Ga.) - People:
- Allen, Ivan, 1911-2003
Jenkins, Herbert, 1907-1990 - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Fulton County, Atlanta, 33.749, -84.38798
United States, Georgia, Fulton County, Atlanta, Boulevard, 33.763233, -84.371972 - Medium:
- photographs
- Type:
- StillImage
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- Mayor Ivan Allen, Chief Herbert Jenkins on a not so quiet September Sunday Night in 1966 on Boulevard one block north of Georgia Baptist Hospital.
View of Atlanta Mayor Ivan Allen and Atlanta Police Chief Herbert Jenkins (business suits, center) standing in the middle of the crowd during a riot on Boulevard in the Old Fourth Ward in Atlanta, Georgia.
On the nights of September 9th and 11th in 1966, riots took place on Boulevard in Atlanta, Georgia. The riots on Boulevard started over the shooting of a young African American man, and the following Monday over the arrest of Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee leader Stokely Carmichael. - Local Identifier:
- VIS 43.06.23
ahc043006023a.jpg - Metadata URL:
- https://album.atlantahistorycenter.com/digital/collection/Jenkins/id/35
- IIIF manifest:
- https://album.atlantahistorycenter.com/iiif/2/Jenkins:35/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 Papers, MSS 546, Kenan Research Center, Atlanta History Center
- Contributing Institution:
- Atlanta History Center
- Rights:
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