- Collection:
- Boyd Lewis Photographs
- Title:
- Hosea Williams as Santa Claus
- Creator:
- Lewis, Boyd, 1944-
- Publisher:
- Atlanta, Ga. : Kenan Research Center, Atlanta History Center
- Date of Original:
- 1975
- Subject:
- African Americans--1970-1980
Charity
Holidays--Georgia--Atlanta
Children--1970-1980 - People:
- Williams, Hosea, 1926-2000
- Location:
- United States, Georgia, Fulton County, Atlanta, 33.749, -84.38798
- Medium:
- black-and-white negatives
- Type:
- Still Image
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- View of a Christmas holiday charitable event in Atlanta, Georgia, sponsored by Georgia State Senator Hosea Williams during which he dressed as Santa Claus.
feed the hungry
Hosea Lorenzo Williams (1926-2000) was a United States civil rights leader and ordained reverend. He was a leader of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference and organized and led marches in the 1960s through the 1980s. He founded Hosea Feed the Hungry and Homeless, a non-profit foundation in Atlanta that provides food free health services for the indigent. - Metadata URL:
- http://album.atlantahistorycenter.com/cdm/ref/collection/byd/id/3439
- Additional Rights Information:
- Copyright is held by Boyd Lewis. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons, Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivsCC BY-NC-ND license https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
- Original Collection:
- Boyd Lewis photographs
MSS 1118, Southwind recordings, Kenan Research Center, Atlanta History Center - Holding Institution:
- Atlanta History Center
- Rights:
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