- Collection:
- Boyd Lewis Photographs
- Title:
- Andrew Young congressional campaign
- Creator:
- Lewis, Boyd, 1944-
- Publisher:
- Atlanta, Ga. : Kenan Research Center, Atlanta History Center
- Date of Original:
- 1974
- Subject:
- Political campaigns--1970-1980
Political elections--Georgia--Atlanta
Politicians--Georgia--Atlanta
Political science--Georgia--Atlanta
Voting--Georgia--Atlanta
African Americans--1970-1980 - People:
- Young, Andrew, 1932-
- 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 the interior of Andrew Young's campaign office in Atlanta, Georgia during his re-election campaign for Congress.
Andrew Jackson Young, Jr. (1932- ) 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. - Metadata URL:
- http://album.atlantahistorycenter.com/cdm/ref/collection/byd/id/3647
- 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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