- Collection:
- New Georgia Encyclopedia
- Title:
- Voting at Forest Avenue School
- Publisher:
- Voting; First [Afro-American Voting] in Georgia; Forest Avenue School, Box LBME3, Envelope 40, Lane Brothers Commercial Photographers Photographic Collection, 1920-1976, Special Collections Department & Archives, Georgia State University, Atlanta.
- Date of Original:
- 1946-06-03
- Subject:
- Men--Georgia--Atlanta
African American men--Georgia
Voting--Georgia--Atlanta
Civil rights--Georgia--Atlanta
African Americans--Civil rights--Georgia--Atlanta
Tables--Georgia--Atlanta
Portraits--Georgia--Atlanta
Schools--Georgia--Atlanta
Polling places--Georgia--Atlanta - People:
- Truman, Harry S., 1884-1972--Portraits
Truman, Harry S., 1884-1972 - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Fulton County, Atlanta, 33.749, -84.38798
- Medium:
- black-and-white photographs
- Type:
- StillImage
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- Two African American men fill in their ballots at Forest Avenue School during a 1946 election. During that same year, the Atlanta Urban League registered 14,368 Black voters within a two-month period.
Photograph of two African American men filling in their ballots at Forest Avenue School in Atlanta, Georgia during a 1946 election. They write on small white pieces of paper placed on a wooden table. Another African American man stands between them, looking down at the table. Three people stand in the background. A portrait of President Harry S. Truman hangs on the wall. During 1946, the Atlanta Urban League registered 14,368 Black voters within a two-month period. - Metadata URL:
- https://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/government-politics/black-suffrage-in-the-twentieth-century/m-7906/
- 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/government-politics/black-suffrage-twentieth-century
Forms part of: New Georgia Encyclopedia
Lane Brothers Commercial Photographers Photographic Collection - Contributing Institution:
- New Georgia Encyclopedia (Project)
- Rights:
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