- Collection:
- Boyd Lewis Photographs
- Title:
- Greene County, Alabama
- Creator:
- Lewis, Boyd, 1944-
- Date of Original:
- 1974-05
- Subject:
- Politicians--Georgia
Politics and government--Alabama--Greene County
African Americans--1970-1980
Audiences--Alabama--Greene County
Blackboards
Podiums
Civil rights leaders--Georgia
Voter registration--Alabama--Greene County
Speeches, addresses, etc. - People:
- Young, Andrew, 1932-
- Location:
- United States, Alabama, Greene County, 32.85314, -87.95223
- Medium:
- photographs
- Type:
- Still Image
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- View of United State Representative Andrew Young urging black voter registration at a school in Greene County, Alabama, the same county where Young was instrumental in challenging an election in the late 1960s that was invalidated by the United States Supreme Court, resulting in a special election that saw African Americans elected to several prominent positions in the county government for the first time.
Andrew Young is a minister and civil rights activist from Atlanta, Georgia. Mr. Young was executive director of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference and an ally of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. He served in the United States House of Representatives from 1973-1976, and was Ambassador to the United Nations in the administration of President Jimmy Carter. He later served as mayor of Atlanta from 1982-1989, and was instrumental in securing bid for the 1996 Olympic Games. - Local Identifier:
- VIS 101.554.003
ahc101554003.jpg - Metadata URL:
- https://album.atlantahistorycenter.com/digital/collection/byd/id/2493
- IIIF manifest:
- https://album.atlantahistorycenter.com/iiif/2/byd:2493/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:
-
