- Collection:
- Boyd Lewis Photographs
- Title:
- Maynard Jackson Press Conference
- Creator:
- Lewis, Boyd, 1944-
- Date of Original:
- 1969/1989
- Subject:
- African Americans--1970-1980
Politicians--Georgia--Atlanta
Politics and government--Georgia--Atlanta
Press conferences
Press--Georgia--Atlanta
Reporters--Georgia--Atlanta
Microphone
Television cameras
Flowering trees--Georgia--Atlanta
Radio journalists--Georgia--Atlanta
Ford, Ernie
WAOK (Radio station : Atlanta, Ga.) - People:
- Jackson, Maynard, 1938-2003
- Location:
- United States, Georgia, Fulton County, Atlanta, 33.749, -84.38798
- Medium:
- photographs
- Type:
- Still Image
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- View of Atlanta Mayor Maynard Jackson (center) giving an outdoor press confrence, with WAOK radio newsman Ernie Ford in attendance (background, right), in Atlanta, Georgia.
Maynard Jackson was elected as the first African American mayor of Atlanta, Georgia in 1974. He served three terms, two from 1974-1982 and another from 1990-1994. During his time in office he helped to remodel Hartsfield Atlanta International Airport, which was renamed as Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport after his death in 2003. - Local Identifier:
- VIS 101.515.007
ahc101515007.jpg - Metadata URL:
- https://album.atlantahistorycenter.com/digital/collection/byd/id/1250
- IIIF manifest:
- https://album.atlantahistorycenter.com/iiif/2/byd:1250/manifest.json
- Extent:
- 35 mm black and white negative
- Original Collection:
- MSS 602, Boyd Lewis Papers, Kenan Research Center, Atlanta History Center
- Holding Institution:
- Atlanta History Center
- Rights:
-
