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- 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
Interviews--Georgia--Atlanta
Radio journalists--Georgia--Atlanta
Reporters--Georgia--Atlanta
Parks--Georgia--Atlanta
Buildings--Georgia--Atlanta
Eyeglasses
Microphone
Welfare rights movement--Georgia--Atlanta
Atlanta Welfare Rights Organization
Matthews, Ethel M., 1933-2005
Ford, Ernie
WAOK (Radio station : 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 Ethel Mathews, the founder of the Atlanta Welfare Rights Organization, being interviewed by WAOK journalist Ernie Ford at a welfare rights rally in Central City Park (now Woodruff Park) in downtown 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 101.567.006
ahc101567006.jpg - Metadata URL:
- https://album.atlantahistorycenter.com/digital/collection/byd/id/2694
- IIIF manifest:
- https://album.atlantahistorycenter.com/iiif/2/byd:2694/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: