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- Collection:
- Boyd Lewis Photographs
- Title:
- West Hunter Street Baptist Church Dedication
- Creator:
- Lewis, Boyd, 1944-
- Date of Original:
- 1973-11
- Subject:
- Church dedications--Georgia--Atlanta
African Americans--1970-1980
Crowds--Georgia--Atlanta
Civil rights leaders--Georgia--Atlanta
Clergy--Georgia--Atlanta
Celebrations--Georgia--Atlanta
Reporters--Georgia--Atlanta
Interviews--Georgia--Atlanta
Women--1970-1980
Television cameras
Camera operators
Southern Christian Leadership Conference
West Hunter Street Baptist Church (Atlanta, Ga.) - People:
- Abernathy, Ralph, 1926-1990
Abernathy, Juanita, 1929- - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Atlanta, Gordon Street, 33.753585, -84.307311
United States, Georgia, Atlanta, Ralph David Abernathy Boulevard, 33.738094, -84.416982
United States, Georgia, Fulton County, West End, 33.73816, -84.41632 - Medium:
- photographs
- Type:
- Still Image
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- View of Ralph David Abernathy, the president of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) and the pastor of the West Hunter Street Baptist Church, being interviewed prior to the dedication ceremony for the new Hunter Street Baptist Church on Gordon Street (now Ralph David Abernathy Boulevard) in the West End neighborhood of Atlanta, Georgia, with his wife Juanita Jones Abernathy by his side.
In 1973, the West Hunter Street Baptist Church congregation moved from its stone building at 775 Hunter Street NW (now Martin Luther King Jr. Drive) to the former Gordon Street Baptist Church, a brick building at 1040 Gordon Street SW (now Ralph David Abernathy Boulevard). Reverend Ralph David Abernathy served as pastor of the West Hunter Street Baptist Church congregation from 1961 to 1990 and led the effort to acquire the church building on Gordon Street in the 1970s. - Local Identifier:
- VIS 101.570.025
ahc101570025.jpg - Metadata URL:
- https://album.atlantahistorycenter.com/digital/collection/byd/id/2783
- IIIF manifest:
- https://album.atlantahistorycenter.com/iiif/2/byd:2783/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: