- Collection:
- Southline Press, Inc. Photographs
- Title:
- Smyre, Calvin
- Creator:
- Archambault, Charlie
- Date of Original:
- 1987
- Subject:
- Political participation--Georgia
Political participation--Georgia--Atlanta
Politicians
Politicians--Georgia--Atlanta
Politicians--Georgia
Politics and government--Georgia--Atlanta
Politics and government--Georgia
African Americans--1980-1990
African Americans
Architectural elements--Georgia--Atlanta
Civil rights
Civil rights movements
Georgia State Capitol (Atlanta, Ga.) - People:
- Smyre, Calvin
- Location:
- United States, Georgia, Fulton County, Atlanta, 33.749, -84.38798
- Medium:
- photographs
- Type:
- StillImage
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- Calvin Smyre on the floor of the house...
View of Georgia State Representative Calvin Smyre speaking to an unidentified collegue on the floor of the Georgia State House in Atlanta, Georgia.
Calvin Smyre was born on May 17, 1947 in Columbus, Georgia. He was the youngest member of the Georgia House of Representatives when he was elected to the 132nd district at the age of 26 in 1974, a post he still holds. He was active in the civil rights movement, representing African Americans' political power and the rise of a younger generation of African American leadership. In 1987, Governor Joe Frank Harris appointed him as floor leader, making him the first African American leader of the House since Reconstruction. - Local Identifier:
- VIS 158.01.269
ahc158001269a.jpg - Metadata URL:
- https://album.atlantahistorycenter.com/digital/collection/southline/id/198
- IIIF manifest:
- https://album.atlantahistorycenter.com/iiif/2/southline:198/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:
- 7 x 10 in. silver gelatin print
- Original Collection:
- Southline Press, Inc. Photographs, Atlanta History Center
- Contributing Institution:
- Atlanta History Center
- Rights:
-
