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Bo Richmond Photograph Collection
Roosevelt "Bo" Richmond was an amateur photographer from Alabama. He photographed events, buildings, people, and documented the Civil Rights movement in Atlanta in the late 1960s and early 1970s.
More About This Collection
Date of Original
1964/1974
Subject
Special events
Protest movements
African Americans--Civil rights
African Americans--Economic conditions
African Americans--Employment
African American civic leaders
African American pioneers
Funeral rites and ceremonies
African American universities and colleges
African Americans--Education
African American students
African American women
African American clergy
African Americans--Religion
African American churches
African Americans--Civil rights
African Americans--Social conditions
Comedians
Church buildings
Religious broadcasting
Architecture
Political science
Public buildings
Sports
Recreation
African American athletes
Entertainers
Armed Forces
Political campaigns
African American men
African Americans--Health and hygiene
African Americans--Politics and government
Political participation
Musicians
Buildings and ground
Physical education and training
African Americans--Music
Singers
African American journalists
African Americans--Housing
Nursing
Older people
Children
African American neighborhoods
African American teachers
African American journalists
African American neighborhoods
African American actors
Location
United States, 39.76, -98.5
United States, District of Columbia, Washington, 38.89511, -77.03637
United States, Georgia, Fulton County, Atlanta, 33.749, -84.38798
Medium
black-and-white photographs
color photographs
Type
Still Image
Description
Roosevelt "Bo" Richmond was an amateur photographer from Alabama. He photographed events, buildings, people, and documented the Civil Rights movement in Atlanta in the late 1960s and early 1970s. This collection contains photographs of people, events and places in Atlanta, Georgia. Included are photographs of Henry "Hank" Aaron, Hosea Williams at the sanitation workers strike, Jesse Jackson at the March Against Repression, Martin Luther King, Jr. at the barber shop and photos of the funeral procession for Martin Luther King, Jr.
Language
eng
Original Collection
Bo Richmond Photograph Collection
Holding Institution
Atlanta University Center Robert W. Woodruff Library
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