- Collection:
- Boyd Lewis Photographs
- Title:
- E. H. Dorsey and John Evans
- Creator:
- Lewis, Boyd, 1944-
- Date of Original:
- 1973-11-24
- Subject:
- African Americans--1970-1980
Clergy--Georgia--Atlanta
Civil rights leaders--Georgia--Atlanta
Celebrations--Georgia--Atlanta
Podiums--Georgia--Atlanta
Microphone
Eyeglasses
Interiors--Georgia--Atlanta
Hotels--Georgia--Atlanta
Southern Christian Leadership Conference
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
Speeches, addresses, etc.
Dorsey, E. H. (Edward Henry), d. 1977
Evans, John
Tabernacle Baptist Church (Atlanta, Ga.)
Marriott Hotel (Atlanta, Ga.) - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Fulton County, Atlanta, 33.749, -84.38798
- Medium:
- photographs
- Type:
- Still Image
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- View of the John Evans (right), the president of the DeKalb County chapter of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), speaking at a dinner honoring the Reverend E. H. Dorsey (left), a civil rights activist and pastor of Tabernacle Baptist Church, at the Marriott Hotel in Atlanta, Georgia.
E. H. Dorsey (d. 1977) was a Baptist minister and civil rights activist. From 1955 to 1977, he served as the pastor of Tabernacle Baptist Church in Atlanta, Georgia, which moved to its current location in the Old Fourth Ward under his tenure. He was also a member of Martin Luther King Jr.'s inner circle and was the director of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference's (SCLC) Operation Breadbasket, a program that pushed businesses in African American neighborhoods to employ blacks and provide equal opportunity for advancement. - Local Identifier:
- VIS 101.426.003
ahc101426003.jpg - Metadata URL:
- https://album.atlantahistorycenter.com/digital/collection/byd/id/1484
- IIIF manifest:
- https://album.atlantahistorycenter.com/iiif/2/byd:1484/manifest.json
- Rights Holder:
- This material is protected by copyright law. (Title 17, U. S. Code) Permission for use must be cleared through The Kenan Research Center at the Atlanta History Center. Licensing agreement may be required.
- Extent:
- 35 mm black and white negative
- Original Collection:
- Boyd Lewis Photographs, Atlanta History Center
- Holding Institution:
- Atlanta History Center
- Rights:
-
