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- Collection:
- Boyd Lewis Photographs
- Title:
- Leon Sullivan at the Hungry Club Forum
- Creator:
- Lewis, Boyd, 1944-
- Date of Original:
- 1969/1989
- Subject:
- African Americans--1970-1980
Civil rights leaders--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia
Suits (Clothing)--1970-1980
Microphone
Clergy--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia
Speeches, addresses, etc.
Sullivan, Leon Howard, 1922-
Butler Street YMCA (Atlanta, Ga.)
WPLO (Radio station : Atlanta, Ga.) - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Atlanta, Butler Street, 33.794186, -84.653821
United States, Georgia, Atlanta, Jesse Hill Jr. Drive, 33.756233, -84.380242
United States, Georgia, Fulton County, Atlanta, 33.749, -84.38798 - Medium:
- photographs
- Type:
- Still Image
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- View of Leon Sullivan, a civil rights activist and founder of the Philadelphia-based Opportunities Industrialization Centers (OIC) of America, speaking to the Hungry Club Forum at the Butler Street YMCA in Atlanta, Georgia.
Leon Howard Sullivan (1922-2001) was a Baptist minister and civil rights leader who organized boycotts of businesses in Philadelphia that refused to hire African American employees. In 1964, he founded the Philadelphia-based Opportunities Industrialization Centers (OIC) of America, which worked to provide job training opportunities for those in need. In 1971, Sullivan became the first African American on the board of a major corporation when he joined the General Motors Board of Directors. - Local Identifier:
- VIS 101.430.001
ahc101430001.jpg - Metadata URL:
- https://album.atlantahistorycenter.com/digital/collection/byd/id/1492
- IIIF manifest:
- https://album.atlantahistorycenter.com/iiif/2/byd:1492/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: