- Collection:
- Boyd Lewis Photographs
- Title:
- Welfare Rights Organization Rally
- Creator:
- Lewis, Boyd, 1944-
- Date of Original:
- 1969/1989
- Subject:
- African Americans--1970-1980
Women--1970-1980
Activists--Georgia--Atlanta
Demonstrations--Georgia--Atlanta
Parks--Georgia--Atlanta
Buildings--Georgia--Atlanta
Welfare rights movement--Georgia--Atlanta
Folk music--Georgia--Atlanta
Singing--Georgia--Atlanta
Children--1970-1980
Musical instruments
Atlanta Welfare Rights Organization
Episcopal Church--Parish missions
Ford, Austin
Emmaus House (Atlanta, Ga.)
Trust Company Bank Building (Atlanta, Ga.) - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Atlanta, Central City Park, 33.622302, -84.379657
United States, Georgia, Fulton County, Atlanta, 33.749, -84.38798
United States, Georgia, Fulton County, Atlanta, Woodruff Park, 33.75566, -84.38854 - Medium:
- photographs
- Type:
- Still Image
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- View of members and staff of the Atlanta Welfare Rights Organization and Emmaus House, including Father Austin Ford (middleground, left), holding a rally in support of welfare rights in Central City Park (now Woodruff Park) in downtown Atlanta, Georgia.
Austin Ford was an Episcopal priest who founded Emmaus House in the Peoplestown neighborhood of Atlanta, Georgia, in 1967 as an Episcopal Church mission dedicated to advancing civil rights and reducing poverty. - Local Identifier:
- VIS 101.567.008
ahc101567008.jpg - Metadata URL:
- https://album.atlantahistorycenter.com/digital/collection/byd/id/2689
- IIIF manifest:
- https://album.atlantahistorycenter.com/iiif/2/byd:2689/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:
-
