- Collection:
- New Georgia Encyclopedia
- Title:
- Zenas Sears
- Publisher:
- WAOK Radio Station; Zenas Sears [disc jockey], Box LBCB116, Envelope 67, Lane Brothers Commercial Photographers Photographic Collection, 1920-1976, Special Collections Department & Archives, Georgia State University, Atlanta.
- Date of Original:
- 1955-07-08
- Subject:
- Radio broadcasters--Georgia--Atlanta
Disc jockeys--Georgia--Atlanta
Sound recordings--Georgia--Atlanta
Cigarettes--Georgia--Atlanta
Men--Georgia--Atlanta
Political activists--Georgia--Atlanta
Civil rights workers--Georgia--Atlanta
Microphone - People:
- Sears, Zenas, 1914-1988
- Location:
- United States, Georgia, Fulton County, Atlanta, 33.749, -84.38798
- Medium:
- black-and-white photographs
- Type:
- StillImage
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- In 1956 disc jockey and social activist Zenas Sears established the Atlanta radio station WAOK, one of the first in the country to play blues, rhythm and blues, and soul music as the primary format.
Photograph of WAOK disc jockey and social activist Zenas Sears in Atlanta, Georgia. He sits at a table behind a microphone emblazoned with the call letters WAOK. He holds a vinyl record up with his left hand, and a cigarette hangs from his mouth. In 1956 Sears established the Atlanta radio station WAOK, one of the first in the country to play blues, rhythm and blues, and soul music as the primary format. - Metadata URL:
- https://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/arts-culture/rhythm-and-blues-music-overview/m-7887/
- Rights Holder:
- Courtesy of Special Collections Department & Archives, Georgia State University, Atlanta
Special Collections & Archives, Georgia State University Library - Original Collection:
- http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/arts-culture/waok
http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/arts-culture/rhythm-and-blues-music-overview
Forms part of: New Georgia Encyclopedia
Lane Brothers Commercial Photographers Photographic Collection - Contributing Institution:
- New Georgia Encyclopedia (Project)
- Rights:
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