- Collection:
- Boyd Lewis Photographs
- Title:
- Andrew Young's Congressional Campaign
- Creator:
- Lewis, Boyd, 1944-
- Date of Original:
- 1972-11-07
- Subject:
- Campaign headquarters--Georgia--Atlanta
Political campaigns
Political elections--Georgia
Women--1970-1980
Signs (Notices)
Banners
Balloons (Novelties)--Georgia--Atlanta
African Americans--1970-1980 - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Fulton County, Atlanta, 33.749, -84.38798
- Medium:
- photographs
- Type:
- Still Image
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- View of unidentified campaign workers for Congressional candidate Andrew Young (not pictured), awaiting election results at campaign headquarters in Atlanta, Georgia.
Andrew Young is a minister and civil rights activist from Atlanta, Georgia. Mr. Young was executive director of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference and an ally of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. He served in the United States House of Representatives from 1973-1976, and was Ambassador to the United Nations in the administration of President Jimmy Carter. He later served as mayor of Atlanta from 1982-1989, and was instrumental in securing bid for the 1996 Olympic Games. - Local Identifier:
- VIS 101.576.013
ahc101576013.jpg - Metadata URL:
- https://album.atlantahistorycenter.com/digital/collection/byd/id/2803
- IIIF manifest:
- https://album.atlantahistorycenter.com/iiif/2/byd:2803/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:
-
