- Collection:
- Boyd Lewis Photographs
- Title:
- Joseph Lowery and Andrew Young
- Creator:
- Lewis, Boyd, 1944-
- Date of Original:
- 1973-07
- Subject:
- African Americans--1970-1980
Civil rights leaders--Georgia--Atlanta
Politicians--Georgia
Politics and government--United States
Clergy--Georgia--Atlanta
Celebrations--Georgia--Atlanta
Suits (Clothing)--1970-1980
Eyeglasses
Smiling
Southern Christian Leadership Conference
Lowery, Joseph, 1921- - People:
- Young, Andrew, 1932-
- Location:
- United States, Georgia, Fulton County, Atlanta, 33.749, -84.38798
- Medium:
- photographs
- Type:
- Still Image
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- View of the Reverend Joseph E. Lowery (left), one of the founders of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC), and Andrew Young (right), a member of the United States House of Representatives, at an event paying tribute to Jesse Hill, Jr. (not pictured), in Atlanta, Georgia.
Rev. Joseph E. Lowery (1921- ) is a United Methodist minister and civil rights leader. In 1955, he helped lead the Montgomery bus boycott to protest the city's policy of racial segregation on its public transit system. In 1957, Lowery helped found the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) and later served as the organization's president from 1977 to 1997. - Local Identifier:
- VIS 101.437.014
ahc101437014.jpg - Metadata URL:
- https://album.atlantahistorycenter.com/digital/collection/byd/id/1572
- IIIF manifest:
- https://album.atlantahistorycenter.com/iiif/2/byd:1572/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:
-
