- Collection:
- New Georgia Encyclopedia
- Title:
- Voters in Milledgeville
- Date of Original:
- 1957
- Subject:
- Men--Georgia--Milledgeville
African American men--Georgia--Milledgeville
Civil rights--Georgia--Milledgeville
Buildings--Georgia--Milledgeville
African Americans--Civil rights--Georgia--Milledgeville
Voting--Georgia--Milledgeville
Trees--Georgia--Milledgeville
Windows--Georgia--Milledgeville
Polling places--Georgia--Milledgeville
Milledgeville (Ga.)--Buildings, structures, etc. - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Baldwin County, Milledgeville, 33.08014, -83.2321
- Medium:
- black-and-white photographs
- Type:
- StillImage
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- African Americans in Milledgeville wait in line to vote following the Civil Rights Act of 1957. The act created both the Civil Rights Division of the Justice Department and a commission to investigate racial or religious discrimination during voter registrations and elections.
Photograph of African Americans in Milledgeville, Georgia waiting in line to vote following the Civil Rights Act of 1957. Six men stand under a tree outside a brick building. They are dressed in shirts and work pants. Two men face an open window. The Civil Right Act created both the Civil Rights Division of the Justice Department and a commission to investigate racial or religious discrimination during voter registrations and elections. - Metadata URL:
- https://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/history-archaeology/civil-rights-movement/m-4171/
- Rights Holder:
- Courtesy of Richard B. Russell Library for Political Research and Studies, University of Georgia, Athens
Richard B. Russell Library for Political Research and Studies, University of Georgia Libraries - Original Collection:
- http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/history-archaeology/civil-rights-movement
Forms part of: New Georgia Encyclopedia - Contributing Institution:
- New Georgia Encyclopedia (Project)
- Rights:
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