United States, Georgia, Fulton County, Atlanta, 33.749, -84.38798Lewis, Boyd, 1944-1973-05View of Dr. John Cashin, a civil rights activist from Alabama, speaking at a press conference regarding voting rights, in Atlanta, Georgia, with Bobby Doctor, the head of the Southern regional office of the United States Civil Rights Commission in Atlanta, also in attendance.Dr. John L. Cashin was a dentist from Huntsville, Alabama and a civil rights activist. He founded the National Democratic Party of Alabama in an effort to give African Americans a voice in state politics. In 1970, he ran as the party's candidate for governor against George Wallace.image/jpegVIS 101.557.007ahc101557007.jpghttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/Boyd Lewis Photographs, Atlanta History CenterAfrican Americans--1970-1980African Americans--SuffragePress conferencesActivistsCivil rights movementsMicrophoneNational Democratic Party of AlabamaUnited States Commission on Civil RightsCashin, John L. (John Logan), 1928-Doctor, BobbyVoter's Rights Press ConferenceStillImage