- Collection:
- Boyd Lewis Photographs
- Title:
- Tom Houck Campaign Fundraising Party, circa 1973
- Creator:
- Lewis, Boyd, 1944-
- Date of Original:
- 1973
- Subject:
- Politics and government--Georgia--Atlanta
Politicians--Georgia--Atlanta
Political campaigns
Fundraising--Georgia--Atlanta
Parties--Georgia--Atlanta
Activists--Georgia--Atlanta
Radio journalists--Georgia--Atlanta
Smiling
Eyeglasses
Houck, Tom - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Fulton County, Atlanta, 33.749, -84.38798
- Medium:
- photographs
- Type:
- Still Image
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- View of Tom Houck (right), a candidate for Atlanta City Council and future radio commentator, with unidentified supporters at a party to raise money for Houck's campaign against City Councilman Nick Lambros (not pictured), in Atlanta, Georgia.
Tom Houck is a pundit and former civil rights activist. He worked as an aide to Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. at the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) from 1966 to 1968. From 1970 to 1972, he worked as field director for the Voter Education Project (VEP). In 1972, he was named deputy director of the Washington-based Youth Citizenship Fund where he worked to register young voters. In 1977, he began his career in radio, television and print journalism, which included a job hosting a talk show on Newsradio WGST from 1980 to 1990. - Local Identifier:
- VIS 101.427.008
ahc101427008.jpg - Metadata URL:
- https://album.atlantahistorycenter.com/digital/collection/byd/id/1465
- IIIF manifest:
- https://album.atlantahistorycenter.com/iiif/2/byd:1465/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:
-
