- Collection:
- Atlanta Journal-Constitution Photographs
- Title:
- Martin Luther King Sr. congratulating Benjamin Mays with a "Shining Light" award for their humanitarian service, 1981
- Creator:
- Atlanta Journal-Constitution
- Contributor to Resource:
- Benton, Joe (Photographer)
- Date of Original:
- 1981-06-15
- Subject:
- Civil rights workers
African American civic leaders
African American clergy
African American civil rights workers - People:
- King, Martin Luther, Sr., 1899-1984
Mays, Benjamin E. (Benjamin Elijah), 1894-1984 - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Fulton County, Atlanta, 33.749, -84.38798
- Medium:
- black-and-white photographs
- Type:
- StillImage
- Format:
- image/jp2
- Description:
- Printed on assignment sheet: "Old friends, Martin Luther King Sr., and Benjamin Mays. MLK Sr. congratulates Dr. Mays on his selection for the 'Shining Light' award. 1981-06-15. Photog: Joe Benton." Caption: "A Shining Light. The Rev. Martin Luther King Sr. congratulates his old friend Dr. Benjamin Mays after Mays received the 1981 Shining Light award Monday. The award, begun in 1963, is sponsored by the Atlanta Gas Light Company and WSB Radio. Among past winners were Ben Fortson, Bobby Jones, Robert Woodruff, and Ivan Allen. Monday June 15, 1981."
- Metadata URL:
- http://digitalcollections.library.gsu.edu/cdm/ref/collection/ajc/id/14930
- IIIF manifest:
- https://digitalcollections.library.gsu.edu/iiif/2/ajc:14930/manifest.json
- Additional Rights Information:
- This Item is protected by copyright and/or related rights. You are free to use this Item in any way that is permitted by the copyright and related rights legislation that applies to your use. In addition, no permission is required from the rights-holder(s) for educational uses. For other uses, you need to obtain permission from the rights-holder(s).
- Bibliographic Citation (Cite As):
- Cite as: AJCP444-075e, Atlanta Journal-Constitution Photographic Archives. Special Collections and Archives, Georgia State University Library.
- Original Collection:
- Atlanta Journal-Constitution Photographic Archive;
- Contributing Institution:
- Georgia State University. Special Collections
- Rights:
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