- Collection:
- Boyd Lewis Photographs
- Title:
- John Inman
- Creator:
- Lewis, Boyd, 1944-
- Date of Original:
- 1970/1980
- Subject:
- Police--Georgia--Atlanta
Public speaking--Georgia--Atlanta
Microphone
Inman, John
Atlanta City Hall (Atlanta, Ga.)
Atlanta Police Department (Atlanta, Ga.) - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Fulton County, Atlanta, 33.749, -84.38798
- Medium:
- photographs
- Type:
- Still Image
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- View of John Inman, Atlanta police chief, speaking at Atlanta City Hall at the time of a police brutality controversy in Atlanta, Georgia.
John Inman joined the Atlanta Police Department in 1949. In 1972, Mayor Sam Massell appointed him Chief of Police. Inman's tenure was marked with controversy and his critics charged him with racism, mismanagement, and corruption. In 1974, Atlanta Mayor Maynard Jackson tried to fire Inman. After much controversy, Inman eventually retired on a pension. - Local Identifier:
- VIS 101.059.001
ahc101059001.jpg - Metadata URL:
- https://album.atlantahistorycenter.com/digital/collection/byd/id/184
- IIIF manifest:
- https://album.atlantahistorycenter.com/iiif/2/byd:184/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:
-
