- 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
African Americans--1960-1970
Law enforcement officers--Georgia--Atlanta
Law enforcement--Georgia--Atlanta
Police--Georgia--Atlanta
Uniforms--1960-1970
Riot control--Georgia--Atlanta
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
View of Atlanta police officers struggling with an unidentified man during a riot in the Summerhill neighborhood in Atlanta, Georgia.
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 43.06.13
ahc043006013a.jpg - Metadata URL:
- https://album.atlantahistorycenter.com/digital/collection/Jenkins/id/37
- IIIF manifest:
- https://album.atlantahistorycenter.com/iiif/2/Jenkins:37/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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