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- Collection:
- Boyd Lewis Photographs
- Title:
- Welfare Rights Organization March
- Creator:
- Lewis, Boyd, 1944-
- Date of Original:
- 1976-12
- Subject:
- Demonstrations--Georgia--Atlanta
Welfare rights movement--Georgia--Atlanta
Posters
Signs (Notices)
African Americans--1970-1980
Women--1970-1980
Children--1970-1980
Automobiles--1970-1980
Activists--Georgia--Atlanta
Churches--Georgia--Atlanta
Atlanta Welfare Rights Organization
National Welfare Rights Organization (U.S.)
Matthews, Ethel M., 1933-2005
Central Presbyterian Church (Atlanta, Ga.) - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Fulton County, Atlanta, 33.749, -84.38798
- Medium:
- photographs
- Type:
- Still Image
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- View of Ethel Matthews (foreground), the founder of the Atlanta Welfare Rights Organization, leading a welfare rights march 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 101.566.045
ahc101566045.jpg - Metadata URL:
- https://album.atlantahistorycenter.com/digital/collection/byd/id/2702
- IIIF manifest:
- https://album.atlantahistorycenter.com/iiif/2/byd:2702/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: