- Collection:
- New Georgia Encyclopedia
- Title:
- Hosea Williams
- Date of Original:
- 1974
- Subject:
- Civil rights workers--Georgia
African American civil rights workers--Georgia
Clergy--Georgia
African American clergy--Georgia
Cameras--Georgia
Loudspeakers--Georgia
Civil rights demonstrations--Georgia
Crowds--Georgia
Hats--Georgia
Men--Georgia
African American men--Georgia - People:
- Williams, Hosea, 1926-2000
- Location:
- United States, Georgia, 32.75042, -83.50018
- Medium:
- black-and-white photographs
- Type:
- StillImage
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- Hosea Williams, a civil rights leader in both Savannah and Atlanta, speaks at a rally in 1974. In 1963 Williams joined the Southern Christian Leadership Conference and worked with Martin Luther King Jr. until King's assassination in 1968. Williams continued to work with the SCLC until 1979.
Photograph of Hosea Williams, a civil rights leader in both Savannah and Atlanta, Georgia, speaking at a rally in 1974. He speaks into a microphone, and an unseen individual holds up two speakers aimed toward the crowd. A crowd of people stands in front of Williams. Several of the people wear hats. Another unseen individual holds a camera up behind Williams. Williams, a former aide to Martin Luther King Jr., was a principal leader of the civil rights movement. - Metadata URL:
- https://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/history-archaeology/hosea-williams-1926-2000/m-9497/
- Rights Holder:
- Reprinted with permission from The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Atlanta Journal-Constitution - Original Collection:
- http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/history-archaeology/hosea-williams-1926-2000
Forms part of: New Georgia Encyclopedia - Contributing Institution:
- New Georgia Encyclopedia (Project)
- Rights:
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