- Collection:
- New Georgia Encyclopedia
- Title:
- Swearing in of A. T. Walden
- Contributor to Resource:
- Atlanta Journal-Constitution
- Date of Original:
- 1964-02-03
- Subject:
- Lawyers--Georgia--Atlanta
African American lawyers--Georgia--Atlanta
Civil rights workers--Georgia--Atlanta
African American civil rights workers--Georgia--Atlanta
Judges--Georgia--Atlanta
African American judges--Georgia--Atlanta
Men--Georgia--Atlanta
African American men--Georgia--Atlanta
Mayors--Georgia--Atlanta
Politicians--Georgia--Atlanta
Books--Georgia--Atlanta
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
Political customs and rites--Georgia--Atlanta
Draperies--Georgia--Atlanta - People:
- Walden, A. T. (Austin Thomas), 1885-1965
Allen, Ivan, 1877-1968 - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Fulton County, Atlanta, 33.749, -84.38798
- Type:
- StillImage
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- Atlanta mayor Ivan Allen (right) swears in A. T. Walden as judge of the Atlanta Municipal Court on February 3, 1964. Walden, the first Black judge appointed in Georgia following Reconstruction, served as president of Atlanta's NAACP branch from 1924 to 1936.
Photograph of Atlanta, Georgia mayor Ivan Allen (right) swearing in A. T. Walden as judge of the Atlanta Municipal Court on February 3, 1964. Walden holds his right hand in the air. Allen stands next to him holding an open book. They stand in front of curtains. Walden, the first black judge appointed in Georgia following Reconstruction, served as president of Atlanta's NAACP branch from 1924 to 1936. He was a noted attorney, a civil rights leader, and one of the New South's first black political power brokers. - Metadata URL:
- https://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/history-archaeology/a-t-walden-1885-1965/a-t-walden1/
- Contributing Institution:
- New Georgia Encyclopedia (Project)
- Rights:
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