- Collection:
- Boyd Lewis Photographs
- Title:
- Tyrone L. Brooks, Sr.
- Creator:
- Lewis, Boyd, 1944-
- Date of Original:
- 1970/1980
- Subject:
- African Americans--1970-1980
Civil rights leaders--Georgia--Atlanta
Civil rights movements
Clothing and dress--1970-1980
Reporters--Georgia--Atlanta
Press--Georgia--Atlanta
Sunglasses
Trees--Georgia--Atlanta
Press conferences
Southern Christian Leadership Conference
Brooks, Tyrone L., 1945-
WSB (Television station : Atlanta, Ga.)
Martin Luther King, Jr. Center for Nonviolent Social Change - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Fulton County, Atlanta, 33.749, -84.38798
- Medium:
- photographs
- Type:
- Still Image
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- View of Tyrone L. Brooks, Sr., the communications director for the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, being interviewed by reporters at the tomb of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. in Atlanta, Georgia.
Tyrone L. Brooks, Sr. (1945- ) is a civil rights activist who began working for the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) as a volunteer at the age of fifteen. He became a full-time staff member to the organization in 1967 and later became its Communications Director. In 1980, Brooks was elected to the Georgia House of Representatives and continues to serve as a Georgia legislator, representing District 63, which encompasses parts of Douglas and Fulton Counties. Brooks is President of the Georgia Association of Black Elected Officials and is a member of the Georgia Legislative Black Caucus. - Local Identifier:
- VIS 101.015.002
ahc101015002.jpg - Metadata URL:
- https://album.atlantahistorycenter.com/digital/collection/byd/id/138
- IIIF manifest:
- https://album.atlantahistorycenter.com/iiif/2/byd:138/manifest.json
- Bibliographic Citation (Cite As):
- Cite as: MSS 602, Boyd Lewis Papers, Kenan Research Center, Atlanta History Center
- Extent:
- 35 mm black and white negative
- Original Collection:
- Boyd Lewis Photographs, Atlanta History Center
- Holding Institution:
- Atlanta History Center
- Rights:
-
