- Collection:
- New Georgia Encyclopedia
- Title:
- Charles Weltner
- Date of Original:
- 1991
- Subject:
- Legislators--United States
Judges--Georgia
Men--Georgia
Civil rights workers--Georgia
Politicians--Georgia
Microphone
John F. Kennedy Library
John F. Kennedy Library. Foundation--Awards
Speeches, addresses, etc., American--Massachusetts--Boston - People:
- Weltner, Charles Longstreet
- Location:
- United States, Massachusetts, Suffolk County, Boston, 42.35843, -71.05977
- Medium:
- color photographs
- Type:
- StillImage
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- Charles Weltner accepts the John F. Kennedy Profile in Courage Award in 1991. An Atlanta native, Weltner served as both a U.S. congressman from Georgia and as an associate justice of the Supreme Court of Georgia. His career was marked by an ardent opposition to segregation during the 1950s.
Photograph of Charles Weltner accepting the John F. Kennedy Profile in Courage Award in 1991. He stands at a large wooden podium and speaks into a microphone. The award sits on the right.
An Atlanta, Georgia native, Weltner served as both a U.S. congressman from Georgia and as an associate justice of the Supreme Court of Georgia. His career was marked by an ardent opposition to segregation during the 1950s. - Metadata URL:
- https://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/history-archaeology/charles-weltner-1927-1992/m-8749/
- Rights Holder:
- Courtesy of John F. Kennedy Library Foundation
- Original Collection:
- http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/history-archaeology/charles-weltner-1927-1992
Forms part of: New Georgia Encyclopedia - Contributing Institution:
- New Georgia Encyclopedia (Project)
- Rights:
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