- Collection:
- New Georgia Encyclopedia
- Title:
- William Holmes Borders
- Date of Original:
- 1905/1993
- Subject:
- Clergy--Georgia--Atlanta
African American clergy--Georgia--Atlanta
Civil rights workers--Georgia--Atlanta
African American civil rights workers--Georgia--Atlanta
Baptists--Clergy
Civil rights--Georgia--Atlanta
African Americans--Civil rights--Georgia--Atlanta
Civic leaders--Georgia--Atlanta
African American civic leaders--Georgia--Atlanta
African American political activists--Georgia--Atlanta
Political activists--Georgia--Atlanta
Wheat Street Baptist Church (Atlanta, Ga.) - People:
- Borders, William Holmes, 1905-1993
- Location:
- United States, Georgia, Fulton County, Atlanta, 33.749, -84.38798
- Medium:
- black-and-white photographs
- Type:
- StillImage
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- The Reverend William Holmes Borders served as pastor of Wheat Street Baptist Church in Atlanta from 1937 to 1988. In the late 1950s he led the Love, Law, and Liberation Movement to desegregate the city's bus system, and in the 1960s he arranged for the construction of a low-income housing project, Wheat Street Gardens.
Image of a head-and-shoulders photograph of the Reverend William Holmes Borders, who served as pastor of Wheat Street Baptist Church in Atlanta, Georgia from 1937 to 1988. In the late 1950s he led the Love, Law, and Liberation Movement to desegregate the city's bus system, and in the 1960s he arranged for the construction of a low-income housing project, Wheat Street Gardens. - Metadata URL:
- https://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/history-archaeology/william-holmes-borders-1905-1993/m-10739/
- Rights Holder:
- Courtesy of Wheat Street Baptist Church; Estate of the Reverend William Holmes Borders Sr
- Additional Rights Information:
- Please contact holding institution for information regarding use and copyright status.
- Original Collection:
- http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/history-archaeology/william-holmes-borders-1905-1993
Forms part of: New Georgia Encyclopedia - Contributing Institution:
- New Georgia Encyclopedia (Project)
- Rights:
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