- Collection:
- Boyd Lewis Photographs
- Title:
- Emmaus House Gathering
- Creator:
- Lewis, Boyd, 1944-
- Date of Original:
- 1969/1989
- Subject:
- African Americans--1970-1980
Women--1970-1980
Activists--Georgia--Atlanta
Welfare rights movement--Georgia--Atlanta
Meetings--Georgia--Atlanta
Clothing and dress--1970-1980
Eating and drinking--Georgia--Atlanta
Atlanta Welfare Rights Organization
Episcopal Church--Parish missions
Matthews, Ethel M., 1933-2005
Emmaus House (Atlanta, Ga.) - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Fulton County, Atlanta, Peoplestown, 33.72788, -84.3852
- Medium:
- photographs
- Type:
- Still Image
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- View of Ethel Matthews (right), the founder of the Atlanta Welfare Rights Organization, and other unidentified individuals at a community gathering at Emmaus House in the Peoplestown neighborhood of Atlanta, Georgia.
Ethel Mae Matthews was the founder and first president of the Atlanta Welfare Rights Organization and was a persistent advocate for the poor, the elderly, and children. - Local Identifier:
- VIS 101.565.008
ahc101565008.jpg - Metadata URL:
- https://album.atlantahistorycenter.com/digital/collection/byd/id/2598
- IIIF manifest:
- https://album.atlantahistorycenter.com/iiif/2/byd:2598/manifest.json
- Rights Holder:
- This material is protected by copyright law. (Title 17, U. S. Code) Permission for use must be cleared through The Kenan Research Center at the Atlanta History Center. Licensing agreement may be required.
- Extent:
- 35 mm black and white negative
- Original Collection:
- Boyd Lewis Photographs, Atlanta History Center
- Holding Institution:
- Atlanta History Center
- Rights:
-
