- Collection:
- Boyd Lewis Photographs
- Title:
- Rich's Strike
- Creator:
- Lewis, Boyd, 1944-
- Date of Original:
- 1973-05-12
- Subject:
- African Americans--1970-1980
Clergy--Georgia--Atlanta
Strikes--Georgia--Atlanta
Employee rights--Georgia--Atlanta
Stores and shops--Georgia--Atlanta
Sunglasses
Hats
Clothing and dress--1970-1980
Politicians--Georgia
Rich's (Retail store)
Southern Christian Leadership Conference
Williams, Hosea, 1926-2000
Brooks, Tyrone L., 1945- - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Fulton County, Atlanta, 33.749, -84.38798
- Medium:
- photographs
- Type:
- Still Image
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- View of Tyrone Brooks (center), a civil rights activist and staff member of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC), in front of the downtown Rich's department store during a strike led by the Reverend Hosea Williams (far left) in support of the retail store's warehouse workers, in Atlanta, Georgia.
Tyrone L. Brooks, Sr. (1945- ) is a civil rights activist who began working for the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) as a volunteer at the age of fifteen. He became a full-time staff member to the organization in 1967 and later became its Communications Director. In 1980, Brooks was elected to the Georgia House of Representatives and continues to serve as a Georgia legislator, representing District 63, which encompasses parts of Douglas and Fulton Counties. Brooks is President of the Georgia Association of Black Elected Officials and is a member of the Georgia Legislative Black Caucus. - Local Identifier:
- VIS 101.522.003
ahc101522003.jpg - Metadata URL:
- https://album.atlantahistorycenter.com/digital/collection/byd/id/2186
- IIIF manifest:
- https://album.atlantahistorycenter.com/iiif/2/byd:2186/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:
-
