- Collection:
- Bill Wilson Photographs, 1938-1979, undated
- Title:
- Vine City Civil Rights Demonstration
- Creator:
- Wilson, Bill (William Bryan), 1914-1993
- Date of Original:
- 1966-01-31
- Subject:
- African American neighborhoods--Georgia--Atlanta
Civil rights movements--Georgia--Atlanta
Civil rights demonstrations--Georgia--Atlanta
Slums--Georgia--Atlanta
Discrimination in housing--Georgia--Atlanta
African American women--Georgia--Atlanta
Civil rights workers--Georgia--Atlanta
African American clergy--Georgia--Atlanta - People:
- King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968
Abernathy, Ralph, 1926-1990 - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Fulton County, Vine City, 33.7615, -84.41021
- Medium:
- black-and-white photographs
- Type:
- StillImage
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- View of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and Reverend Ralph David Abernathy (left) standing in the door of a substandard housing unit in the Vine City neighborhood in Atlanta, Georgia where residents were protesting their living conditions.
Religious leaders
In January of 1966, the Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., his wife Coretta Scott King, and the Reverend Ralph David Abernathy and his wife Juanita led a protest march in the Vine City neighborhood in Atlanta, Georgia to call attention to substandard housing in that area. - Metadata URL:
- https://album.atlantahistorycenter.com/digital/digital/collection/Wilson/id/744
- IIIF manifest:
- https://album.atlantahistorycenter.com/iiif/2/Wilson:744/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:
- 35 mm black-and-white negative
- Original Collection:
- Bill Wilson Photographs, Kenan Research Center, Atlanta History Center, Atlanta, Ga.
- Contributing Institution:
- Atlanta History Center
- Rights:
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