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- Collection:
- Boyd Lewis Photographs
- Title:
- Ted Kennedy, Lillian Lewis and John Lewis, circa 1977
- Creator:
- Lewis, Boyd, 1944-
- Date of Original:
- 1977
- Subject:
- Civil rights leaders--Georgia
Politicians--Massachusetts
Politics and government--United States
African Americans--1970-1980
Clothing and dress--1970-1980
Hyatt Regency Hotel (Atlanta, Ga.) - People:
- Kennedy, Edward M. (Edward Moore), 1932-2009
Lewis, John, 1940-2020
Lewis, Lillian - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Fulton County, Atlanta, 33.749, -84.38798
- Medium:
- photographs
- Type:
- Still Image
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- View of (L to R) Senator Edward "Ted" Kennedy; Lillian Lewis, wife of John Lewis; and civil rights leader John Lewis at an event at the Hyatt Regency Hotel in Atlanta, Georgia.
John Robert Lewis (1940- ) is a civil rights leader and politician. He served as the chairman of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee during the height of the Civil Rights Movement. He was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives in 1986, becoming only the second African-American to represent Georgia in Congress since Reconstruction. Lewis continues to serve as the Representative of Georgia's 5th Congressional District. - Local Identifier:
- VIS 101.889.081
ahc101889081a.jpg - Metadata URL:
- https://album.atlantahistorycenter.com/digital/collection/byd/id/34
- IIIF manifest:
- https://album.atlantahistorycenter.com/iiif/2/byd:34/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: