- Collection:
- New Georgia Encyclopedia
- Title:
- Preston King
- Contributor to Resource:
- Photograph from C-SPAN
- Date of Original:
- 2012
- Subject:
- College teachers--Georgia--Atlanta
African American college teachers--Georgia--Atlanta
Civil rights workers--Georgia--Atlanta
African American civil rights workers--Georgia--Atlanta
Scholars--Georgia--Atlanta
African American scholars--Georgia--Atlanta
African American authors--Georgia--Atlanta
Men--Georgia--Atlanta
African American men--Georgia--Atlanta
Authors, American--Georgia--Atlanta - People:
- King, Preston T., 1936-
- Location:
- United States, Georgia, Fulton County, Atlanta, 33.749, -84.38798
- Type:
- StillImage
- Format:
- image/png
- Description:
- Preston King, pictured in 2012, is a member of a family known for its activism during the Albany Movement. King was convicted of draft evasion in 1961, after he refused to comply with orders from the Albany draft board addressing him as "Preston," rather than "Mr. King." King jumped bail following his trial and lived abroad until 2000, when he received a pardon and returned to Georgia. A prominent academic, today King lives in Atlanta.
Photograph of Preston King. King, an accomplished lecturer and professor of philosophy, lived abroad in exile for nearly forty years. A member of an Albany, Georgia family well known for civil rights activism, King was convicted of draft evasion in 1961. Believing he had been unfairly treated, he left the country to pursue a career in higher education. On February 21, 2000, U.S. president Bill Clinton issued a pardon for King that allowed him to return home after thirty-nine years abroad. - Metadata URL:
- https://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/history-archaeology/preston-king-b-1936/preston-king_001/
- Contributing Institution:
- New Georgia Encyclopedia (Project)
- Rights:
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